AFC Wimbledon vs Burton Albion match preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 28.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium (4850 seats)

Season ticket holders at Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with AFC Wimbledon languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Burton Albion will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Burton Albion could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only three sleeps ago.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for AFC Wimbledon are 5-5-3 (wins-draw-losses).

A nice win for AFC Wimbledon last time playing, versus Peterborough United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Joe Pigott scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as AFC Wimbledon lost 1-2 at Portsmouth's place.

There will be little rest for AFC Wimbledon after this match as they are travelling to Accrington Stanley for a League One game in only four days.

AFC Wimbledon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. AFC Wimbledon have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Burton Albion have produced an overall stat of 5-3-5 so far.

There were no winners in Burton Albion's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Accrington Stanley (placed 17th). Before that, Burton Albion secured a home win against Milton Keynes Dons with the score 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Burton Albion manager N. Clough as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rotherham United.

The travelling fans enjoy Burton Albion's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Burton Albion have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

AFC Wimbledon and Burton Albion have met before this season: Burton Albion - AFC Wimbledon 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 AFC Wimbledon victories, 3 draws and 4 Burton Albion wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionL. Boyce
L. Boyce
8 goals
Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
7 goals
AFC WimbledonJ. Pigott
J. Pigott
5 goals

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Burton Albion missing players

AFC Wimbledon Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
7 5 3 Won W 2 5 11
6 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
13 3 1 Lost L 2 5 8
31 15 6 Scored S 8 21 35
38 14 5 Conceded C 7 22 31
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 88%
77% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 65%
58% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 42%
23% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 23% 15%
73% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 46%
15% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 15% 31%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 35%
 
4.7 5.3 4.2 Corners For (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 6.3
6.6 7.1 6.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.6 5.5 5.2
2 1.7 2.4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.6
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
266 139 46 Total Shots T S 77 183 369
92 48 18 Shots on Target S O 24 58 103
34% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion has the most points from losing position (17)
  • 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 Ipswich Town 27 13 9 5 40 24 12 5 5 2 18 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 16 48
2 Rotherham United 27 14 5 8 49 28 13 6 3 4 24 11 14 8 2 4 25 17 21 47
3 Wycombe Wanderers 27 13 8 6 34 31 14 10 3 1 26 16 13 3 5 5 8 15 3 47
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Peterborough United 28 12 7 9 50 36 14 9 3 2 31 13 14 3 4 7 19 23 14 43
6 Sunderland 26 11 9 6 36 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 42
7 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
8 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
9 Burton Albion 26 11 7 8 35 31 13 6 4 3 14 9 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 40
10 Doncaster Rovers 25 10 8 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 10 3 4 3 15 9 12 38
11 Fleetwood Town 25 10 8 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 12 3 3 6 19 21 7 38
12 Lincoln City 28 11 4 13 36 34 12 9 1 2 24 12 16 2 3 11 12 22 2 37
13 Bristol Rovers 26 10 7 9 30 35 14 5 6 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 37
14 Gillingham 27 8 12 7 31 27 14 7 3 4 22 14 13 1 9 3 9 13 4 36
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 27 7 9 11 37 40 12 5 2 5 25 17 15 2 7 6 12 23 -3 30
18 Rochdale 27 8 5 14 32 45 13 3 4 6 14 19 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 29
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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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.