Pirelli Stadium: Burton Albion vs Cheltenham Town League One pre-match guide

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Burton Albion are longing to get the points at their own stadium in the upcoming fixture versus Cheltenham Town.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in League One
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion's results here at Pirelli Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Burton Albion's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their home, finishing 4-0 vs Bradford City. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

Before that, Burton drew at home versus Morecambe.

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 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Burton Albion are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Bolton Wanderers awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Burton here at Pirelli Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. Burton Albion has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-2-3 (6 played). Cheltenham Town has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a EFL Trophy home loss versus West Ham United U21 with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A 1-4 loss hosting Bristol Rovers before that.

Cheltenham Town 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, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

After this away game Cheltenham return home for a League One game against Morecambe. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Goals are few and far between in Cheltenham Town's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 6 travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Cheltenham Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Burton have not lost in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) facing Cheltenham Town.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionV. Adeboyejo
V. Adeboyejo
6 goals
Burton AlbionD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
5 goals
Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
3 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Burton Albion Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 6 13
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
9 5 1 Lost L 0 3 7
16 4 4 Scored S 2 3 12
29 13 5 Conceded C 2 7 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
86% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 62%
50% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 46%
29% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 23%
21% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
50% 29% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 17% 38%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
43% 71% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 38%
 
5.7 6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.2 3.8
5.5 6.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 6.8 5.2
1.4 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 11.1 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.3 10
3.1 2.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.1
37% 22% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 23% 30%
 
14.1 12.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 15 12.5
4.2 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cheltenham Town 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 Plymouth Argyle 14 11 1 2 28 14 7 7 0 0 13 2 7 4 1 2 15 12 14 34
2 Ipswich Town 14 9 3 2 27 12 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 5 1 1 13 6 15 30
3 Sheffield Wednesday 14 9 2 3 27 12 7 4 2 1 17 8 7 5 0 2 10 4 15 29
4 Peterborough United 14 7 1 6 26 17 7 5 1 1 17 3 7 2 0 5 9 14 9 22
5 Portsmouth 12 6 4 2 22 15 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 22
6 Barnsley 13 6 3 4 17 12 6 3 1 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 9 5 5 21
7 Bolton Wanderers 13 6 3 4 13 8 7 5 1 1 10 3 6 1 2 3 3 5 5 21
8 Shrewsbury Town 13 6 3 4 14 14 6 3 1 2 7 8 7 3 2 2 7 6 0 21
9 Derby County 12 6 2 4 15 11 6 4 0 2 10 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 4 20
10 Charlton Athletic 14 4 7 3 22 17 7 4 3 0 16 6 7 0 4 3 6 11 5 19
11 Exeter City 14 5 3 6 24 20 7 3 1 3 12 10 7 2 2 3 12 10 4 18
12 Bristol Rovers 14 5 3 6 22 24 7 2 2 3 10 13 7 3 1 3 12 11 -2 18
13 Wycombe Wanderers 13 5 2 6 17 17 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 1 4 8 12 0 17
14 Lincoln City 12 4 5 3 15 16 5 1 4 0 6 4 7 3 1 3 9 12 -1 17
15 Fleetwood Town 13 3 7 3 11 11 7 1 4 2 4 5 6 2 3 1 7 6 0 16
16 Accrington Stanley 13 4 4 5 14 19 7 2 3 2 10 12 6 2 1 3 4 7 -5 16
17 Port Vale 13 4 4 5 14 19 7 2 3 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 16
18 Cambridge United 14 5 1 8 15 25 7 4 0 3 9 11 7 1 1 5 6 14 -10 16
19 Oxford United 12 4 2 6 13 14 6 2 1 3 6 7 6 2 1 3 7 7 -1 14
20 Cheltenham Town 13 4 2 7 12 19 7 3 0 4 9 12 6 1 2 3 3 7 -7 14
21 Forest Green Rovers 14 3 3 8 14 31 7 2 0 5 5 14 7 1 3 3 9 17 -17 12
22 Milton Keynes Dons 13 3 1 9 13 21 7 1 1 5 6 13 6 2 0 4 7 8 -8 10
23 Burton Albion 14 2 3 9 16 29 7 1 1 5 4 13 7 1 2 4 12 16 -13 9
24 Morecambe 13 1 5 7 10 24 6 0 2 4 3 12 7 1 3 3 7 12 -14 8

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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.