Can Burton Albion beat Accrington Stanley in Pirelli Stadium clash?

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Burton Albion in 11th and Accrington Stanley in 14th place.

Burton Albion and Accrington Stanley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion have played 19 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Burton Albion's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Blackpool (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Burton Albion lost 1-2 at Charlton Athletic's place.

Burton Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 24 goals in 19 matches. Burton Albion have only conceded 17 in these games.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Accrington Stanley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Wycombe Wanderers (placed 12th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Barnsley wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 19 away games, an average of less than one per game. Accrington Stanley find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 19 away fixtures. 26 goals have been conceded by Accrington Stanley in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Accrington Stanley - Burton Albion 1-1 earlier this season. Burton Albion-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Burton Albion 4 wins, Accrington Stanley 4 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

B. Kee
11 goals / 4 assists
S. McConville
9 goals / 6 assists
L. Akins
8 goals / 5 assists

Burton Albion missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Burton Albion Accrington Stanley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 17 36
87% 84% Over 0.5 94% 94%
71% 63% Over 1.5 82% 75%
55% 53% Over 2.5 41% 42%
24% 11% Over 3.5 18% 19%
5% 5% Over 4.5 6% 8%
55% 53% Both teams to score 65% 53%
32% 42% Clean Sheet 12% 17%
26% 21% Failed To Score 29% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 38 23 11 4 72 31 19 14 5 0 46 14 19 9 6 4 26 17 41 80
2 Barnsley 38 21 12 5 64 28 19 12 7 0 30 10 19 9 5 5 34 18 36 75
3 Sunderland 37 19 16 2 64 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 18 8 8 2 26 16 30 73
4 Portsmouth 38 20 11 7 66 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 19 10 5 4 33 25 25 71
5 Charlton Athletic 38 19 10 9 55 37 19 12 5 2 29 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 18 67
6 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 12 10 61 46 18 9 7 2 33 17 19 6 5 8 28 29 15 57
7 Coventry City 38 16 8 14 43 42 19 8 5 6 21 18 19 8 3 8 22 24 1 56
8 Peterborough United 38 15 10 13 58 54 19 6 6 7 23 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 4 55
9 Blackpool 38 13 14 11 39 40 19 7 7 5 24 19 19 6 7 6 15 21 -1 53
10 Fleetwood Town 38 14 10 14 49 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 6 4 9 21 18 8 52
11 Burton Albion 38 13 11 14 48 44 19 8 5 6 24 17 19 5 6 8 24 27 4 50
12 Plymouth Argyle 38 12 9 17 47 59 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 4 4 11 16 30 -12 45
13 Bristol Rovers 37 11 11 15 37 37 19 4 6 9 18 22 18 7 5 6 19 15 0 44
14 Accrington Stanley 36 11 11 14 38 49 17 5 6 6 19 23 19 6 5 8 19 26 -11 44
15 Wycombe Wanderers 38 11 11 16 47 58 19 8 5 6 24 22 19 3 6 10 23 36 -11 44
16 Gillingham 38 12 8 18 49 61 19 6 3 10 23 30 19 6 5 8 26 31 -12 44
17 Scunthorpe United 38 12 8 18 46 64 19 6 6 7 28 34 19 6 2 11 18 30 -18 44
18 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 13 15 42 50 19 8 7 4 22 19 19 2 6 11 20 31 -8 43
19 Oxford United 38 10 13 15 44 54 19 9 2 8 28 23 19 1 11 7 16 31 -10 43
20 Southend United 38 12 6 20 47 55 19 6 2 11 27 27 19 6 4 9 20 28 -8 42
21 Walsall 38 11 9 18 42 60 19 6 4 9 25 32 19 5 5 9 17 28 -18 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 38 11 6 21 32 53 19 5 3 11 18 30 19 6 3 10 14 23 -21 39
23 Rochdale 37 10 8 19 44 75 19 5 4 10 19 34 18 5 4 9 25 41 -31 38
24 Bradford City 38 10 6 22 42 63 19 7 2 10 23 25 19 3 4 12 19 38 -21 36

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