Burton Albion will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Fleetwood Town.
The visiting Fleetwood Town played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match.
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have collected 15 points from their League One home games so far after 4-3-3. Burton Albion has recorded two wins in a row here at Pirelli Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Burton Albion's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Northampton Town. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bolton Wanderers and winning 4-3.
A goal frenzy last time out for Burton Albion, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Northampton Town. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Burton Albion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 5.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Burton Albion as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Milton Keynes Dons are visiting.
Burton Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Burton Albion have conceded only 8 goals.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fleetwood Town in their League One matches away.
There were no winners in Fleetwood Town's previous match, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 2-2 vs Accrington Stanley (placed 17th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Portsmouth.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Accrington Stanley. Fleetwood Town were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with D. Andrew scoring the equalizer.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fleetwood Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Fleetwood Town wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Fleetwood Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. Fleetwood Town have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Fleetwood Town - Burton Albion 4-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Burton Albion won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Fleetwood Town has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  P. Madden 13 goals |  C. Evans 8 goals |   L. Akins 7 goals |
Burton Albion missing players
Fleetwood Town missing players
| Burton Albion | Fleetwood Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| 30 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 87% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 48% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 64% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 32% |
| 17% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 18% |
| 48% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 73% |
| 26% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 18% |
| 39% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 6.6 | 8.3 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 337 | 154 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 143 | 310 |
| 96 | 38 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 45 | 100 |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 42% | 37% |
- All of Fleetwood Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burton Albion has the most points from losing position (16)
- Burton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Fleetwood Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 39 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 33 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 32 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 25 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 24 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 22 | Southend United | 24 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | -38 | 9 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 27 | -28 | 7 |