Delightful dogfight as daring Burton Albion duel with determined AFC Wimbledon

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Most would pick Burton Albion in this fixture vs AFC Wimbledon, but the visitors will fight to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Burton Albion at their home stadium (Pirelli Stadium) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Burton in their previous game, a League One match away at Gillingham (placed 23rd) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Brayford, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Brayford scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cheltenham Town the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Burton Albion handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and three defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Milton Keynes Dons are coming to town in three days.

Burton Albion have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pirelli Stadium with 22 goals in 12 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Robinson, the AFC Wimbledon manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The attacking players of AFC Wimbledon have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 360 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Wimbledon goalkeeper Nik Tzanev is eager to challenge this, with his 241 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

AFC Wimbledon's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Portsmouth that finished 0-0. Tzanev (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.13. Tzanev stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Morecambe.

AFC Wimbledon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, seven draws and four defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

A new game in only three days for AFC Wimbledon, the League One home match versus Ipswich Town. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wimbledon have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. In the opposite end, AFC Wimbledon have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met previously this season: AFC Wimbledon - Burton Albion 1-1. Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Burton Albion, four draws and two wins for AFC Wimbledon. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

AFC WimbledonJ. Rudoni
J. Rudoni
7 goals
Burton AlbionD. Jebbison
D. Jebbison
6 goals
Burton AlbionT. O'Connor
T. O'Connor
5 goals

Burton Albion missing players

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Burton Albion AFC Wimbledon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 5 13 24
10 7 3 Won W 1 4 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 9
10 3 1 Lost L 3 7 9
32 22 11 Scored S 6 15 30
31 13 6 Conceded C 7 21 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
76% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 71%
48% 58% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 54%
24% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 33%
8% 17% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
56% 67% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 54%
24% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 17%
24% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 38%
 
5.3 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.7 4
6.1 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.2 5.8
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.2 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.8 14.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.2 11
3.6 4.8 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.8
35% 39% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 34% 33%
 
13.3 11.7 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.2 12.2
3.7 3.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5 4.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Wimbledon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Wigan Athletic 23 16 3 4 44 22 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 10 1 1 29 12 22 51
3 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
4 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 25 10 8 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 4 5 4 12 12 5 38
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cambridge United 26 8 9 9 36 39 14 4 6 4 18 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -3 33
14 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
15 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
16 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 24 6 9 9 30 36 11 2 7 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 27
21 Morecambe 26 6 6 14 35 51 14 4 4 6 20 24 12 2 2 8 15 27 -16 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 26 4 4 18 18 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 13 0 1 12 7 33 -31 16

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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.