The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Burton Albion are in the 9th position while the guesting Accrington Stanley worry at 17th.
Accrington Stanley could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Salford City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Accrington Stanley.
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have collected 21 points from their League One home games so far after 6-3-3. Ever since the Lincoln City game Burton Albion has been unbeatable here at Pirelli Stadium producing four straight wins.
The Burton Albion goalkeeper Kieran O'Hara is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.
The Burton Albion supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Milton Keynes Dons in League One and win 1-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Fleetwood Town.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Burton Albion have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
The manager N. Clough will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Wimbledon in only three days.
Burton Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Burton Albion are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pirelli Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-6 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Accrington Stanley as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Accrington Stanley, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Salford City. The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Southend United.
Accrington Stanley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of nine matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Accrington Stanley are hosting Peterborough United in the League One only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington Stanley have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Accrington Stanley - Burton Albion 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Burton Albion 5 wins, 2 draws and Accrington Stanley 3 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 10 goals |   L. Boyce 8 goals |  L. Akins 7 goals |
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| Burton Albion | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 | 13 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 36 |
| 30 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | 39 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 64% | 42% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 71% | 81% |
| 44% | 17% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 46% |
| 28% | 17% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 31% |
| 16% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | 19% |
| 44% | 25% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 32% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| 36% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 23% |
| 6.4 | 7.6 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 358 | 175 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 174 | 377 |
| 101 | 43 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 49 | 121 |
| 34% | 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 30% |
- Burton Albion has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home
- Burton Albion has the most points from losing position (16)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 40 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 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 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 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 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 28 |
| 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 |