Soccer betting preview: Accrington Stanley welcomes Burton Albion in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Crown Ground (5057 seats)

Accrington Stanley hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 16th position in the League One table. Visiting Burton Albion holds 12th place with 30 pts.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Accrington Stanley and Burton Albion.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Accrington Stanley so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Accrington Stanley bring valid hopes of a third.

Happy days for Accrington Stanley in their previous game, a League One match away at Blackpool (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Accrington Stanley played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Doncaster Rovers.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Accrington Stanley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 3 Lost 4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Accrington Stanley, as the League One home game vs Rochdale is only three days away.

Accrington Stanley can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Accrington Stanley have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

The supporters enjoyed Burton Albion's previous game versus Tranmere Rovers (placed 20th), a League One 4-2 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Rochdale.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Burton Albion, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Burton Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Burton Albion wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Burton Albion has another fixture away, a League One game, against Bolton Wanderers in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Burton Albion are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Burton Albion have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Accrington Stanley-Burton Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Accrington Stanley 3 wins, Burton Albion 5 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
10 goals
Burton AlbionL. Boyce
L. Boyce
6 goals
Accrington StanleyD. Charles
D. Charles
5 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Accrington Stanley Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 9 5 Played P 2 11 21
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
8 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
8 3 3 Lost L 1 4 7
31 21 8 Scored S 4 17 28
31 13 9 Conceded C 2 17 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
77% 89% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 67%
41% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 48%
32% 56% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 29%
18% 33% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
59% 78% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 48%
18% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 29%
27% 11% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 38%
 
5.9 5.9 6.6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 5.5 6.9
4.8 4.9 4.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 5.4
2 2.3 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.7
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
320 151 80 Total Shots T S 34 154 308
104 56 28 Shots on Target S O 15 51 88
30% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Burton Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 22 12 7 3 30 17 11 9 2 0 22 10 11 3 5 3 8 7 13 43
2 Ipswich Town 21 10 7 4 29 16 10 3 5 2 13 9 11 7 2 2 16 7 13 37
3 Oxford United 21 10 6 5 39 20 10 7 2 1 20 7 11 3 4 4 19 13 19 36
4 Peterborough United 22 10 6 6 43 28 11 7 2 2 25 12 11 3 4 4 18 16 15 36
5 Rotherham United 22 10 5 7 36 24 10 3 3 4 15 10 12 7 2 3 21 14 12 35
6 Bristol Rovers 21 10 5 6 30 27 12 5 5 2 18 13 9 5 0 4 12 14 3 35
7 Fleetwood Town 20 10 4 6 36 28 10 7 2 1 17 8 10 3 2 5 19 20 8 34
8 Portsmouth 21 9 7 5 32 24 12 7 5 0 22 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 8 34
9 Coventry City 21 8 10 3 26 23 12 8 3 1 16 8 9 0 7 2 10 15 3 34
10 Blackpool 22 8 9 5 30 25 12 6 2 4 18 15 10 2 7 1 12 10 5 33
11 Shrewsbury Town 21 8 7 6 20 22 11 5 3 3 14 14 10 3 4 3 6 8 -2 31
12 Burton Albion 21 8 6 7 28 25 10 4 3 3 11 8 11 4 3 4 17 17 3 30
13 Gillingham 22 7 8 7 26 23 11 6 1 4 19 12 11 1 7 3 7 11 3 29
14 Doncaster Rovers 19 7 7 5 30 21 11 5 4 2 17 12 8 2 3 3 13 9 9 28
15 Sunderland 20 7 7 6 25 21 11 5 5 1 18 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 28
16 Accrington Stanley 22 6 8 8 31 31 9 4 2 3 21 13 13 2 6 5 10 18 0 26
17 Lincoln City 21 7 3 11 21 24 8 5 1 2 11 7 13 2 2 9 10 17 -3 24
18 AFC Wimbledon 22 6 5 11 27 33 10 4 4 2 12 11 12 2 1 9 15 22 -6 23
19 Rochdale 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 3 6 10 17 11 4 1 6 15 22 -14 22
20 Tranmere Rovers 21 5 5 11 25 38 10 3 4 3 16 13 11 2 1 8 9 25 -13 20
21 Milton Keynes Dons 22 5 3 14 20 35 11 4 1 6 9 17 11 1 2 8 11 18 -15 18
22 Southend United 23 1 5 17 26 64 11 0 3 8 11 34 12 1 2 9 15 30 -38 8
23 Bolton Wanderers 19 4 6 9 14 41 10 3 5 2 10 14 9 1 1 7 4 27 -27 6

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.