Balanced ball game between Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Burton Albion hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 53 points and a 17th position in the League One table. Visiting Fleetwood Town holds 14th place with 59 pts.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

Burton can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. Fleetwood are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion's struggle is real here at Pirelli Stadium with only 21 points collected from 21 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 6-3-12.

Burton drew their last game, 1-1 away at Wigan Athletic (placed 20th). Before that game, the home loss against Lincoln City with the scoreline 0-1.

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 seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Burton as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Gillingham are visiting.

Burton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Burton Albion have conceded 39 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Fleetwood, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Doncaster Rovers (placed 13th) in the League One last time out. A loss against Crewe Alexandra was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Fleetwood Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fleetwood, three draws and nine defeats.

A new game in only four days for Fleetwood, the League One home match versus Milton Keynes Dons. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 20 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Fleetwood have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fleetwood Town - Burton 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Burton victories, zero draws and seven Fleetwood Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionK. Hemmings
K. Hemmings
13 goals
Fleetwood TownC. Camps
C. Camps
9 goals
BurtonL. Akins
L. Akins
8 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burton Albion Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 7 21 43
14 6 1 Won W 3 7 16
11 3 1 Drew D 1 4 11
18 12 4 Lost L 3 10 16
55 26 6 Scored S 7 20 45
66 39 10 Conceded C 5 21 37
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 86% 86%
81% 76% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 29% 52% 53%
51% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 33% 26%
21% 29% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 14%
14% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 9%
65% 71% 83% BTTS BTTS 29% 38% 37%
21% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 43% 38% 37%
16% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 43% 38% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 10.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9 11.1
3.2 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.1 2.9 3.6
40% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 33% 29%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Hull City 44 26 8 10 77 36 22 13 4 5 29 13 22 13 4 5 48 23 41 86
2 Peterborough United 43 25 7 11 74 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 82
3 Sunderland 43 19 16 8 66 39 21 9 7 5 31 23 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 73
4 Lincoln City 42 21 9 12 64 44 22 9 4 9 35 30 20 12 5 3 29 14 20 72
5 Oxford United 44 20 8 16 70 54 22 12 4 6 35 21 22 8 4 10 35 33 16 68
6 Blackpool 42 19 11 12 53 37 21 10 7 4 27 18 21 9 4 8 26 19 16 68
7 Portsmouth 43 20 8 15 59 46 22 9 5 8 29 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 13 68
8 Charlton Athletic 42 18 12 12 63 52 20 6 6 8 30 34 22 12 6 4 33 18 11 66
9 Milton Keynes Dons 44 18 10 16 63 58 22 10 7 5 36 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 5 64
10 Gillingham 44 18 9 17 61 59 22 9 5 8 30 30 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 63
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 11 15 41 44 22 11 5 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 62
12 Accrington Stanley 43 17 11 15 58 64 21 10 5 6 27 22 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 62
13 Doncaster Rovers 42 18 6 18 58 58 22 11 4 7 33 28 20 7 2 11 25 30 0 60
14 Fleetwood Town 43 16 11 16 45 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 21 7 4 10 20 21 8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 43 16 11 16 50 57 22 9 7 6 29 28 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 59
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 13 14 15 46 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 22 8 7 7 20 23 -4 53
17 Burton Albion 43 14 11 18 55 66 21 6 3 12 26 39 22 8 8 6 29 27 -11 53
18 Plymouth Argyle 44 14 11 19 52 76 22 11 4 7 30 36 22 3 7 12 22 40 -24 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 13 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 22 5 9 8 22 31 -14 49
20 Wigan Athletic 44 13 9 22 50 70 22 5 6 11 23 38 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 48
21 Northampton Town 44 11 11 22 40 63 22 8 5 9 20 23 22 3 6 13 20 40 -23 44
22 Rochdale 43 10 13 20 54 73 22 4 9 9 26 40 21 6 4 11 28 33 -19 43
23 Swindon Town 44 12 4 28 50 84 22 8 1 13 24 36 22 4 3 15 26 48 -34 40
24 Bristol Rovers 44 10 8 26 40 68 22 7 2 13 23 31 22 3 6 13 17 37 -28 38

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 44 26 8 10 77 36 22 13 4 5 29 13 22 13 4 5 48 23 41 86
2 Peterborough United 43 25 7 11 74 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 82
3 Sunderland 43 19 16 8 66 39 21 9 7 5 31 23 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 73
4 Lincoln City 42 21 9 12 64 44 22 9 4 9 35 30 20 12 5 3 29 14 20 72
5 Oxford United 44 20 8 16 70 54 22 12 4 6 35 21 22 8 4 10 35 33 16 68
6 Blackpool 42 19 11 12 53 37 21 10 7 4 27 18 21 9 4 8 26 19 16 68
7 Portsmouth 43 20 8 15 59 46 22 9 5 8 29 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 13 68
8 Charlton Athletic 42 18 12 12 63 52 20 6 6 8 30 34 22 12 6 4 33 18 11 66
9 Milton Keynes Dons 44 18 10 16 63 58 22 10 7 5 36 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 5 64
10 Gillingham 44 18 9 17 61 59 22 9 5 8 30 30 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 63
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 11 15 41 44 22 11 5 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 62
12 Accrington Stanley 43 17 11 15 58 64 21 10 5 6 27 22 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 62
13 Doncaster Rovers 42 18 6 18 58 58 22 11 4 7 33 28 20 7 2 11 25 30 0 60
14 Fleetwood Town 43 16 11 16 45 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 21 7 4 10 20 21 8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 43 16 11 16 50 57 22 9 7 6 29 28 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 59
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 13 14 15 46 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 22 8 7 7 20 23 -4 53
17 Burton Albion 43 14 11 18 55 66 21 6 3 12 26 39 22 8 8 6 29 27 -11 53
18 Plymouth Argyle 44 14 11 19 52 76 22 11 4 7 30 36 22 3 7 12 22 40 -24 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 13 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 22 5 9 8 22 31 -14 49
20 Wigan Athletic 44 13 9 22 50 70 22 5 6 11 23 38 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 48
21 Northampton Town 44 11 11 22 40 63 22 8 5 9 20 23 22 3 6 13 20 40 -23 44
22 Rochdale 43 10 13 20 54 73 22 4 9 9 26 40 21 6 4 11 28 33 -19 43
23 Swindon Town 44 12 4 28 50 84 22 8 1 13 24 36 22 4 3 15 26 48 -34 40
24 Bristol Rovers 44 10 8 26 40 68 22 7 2 13 23 31 22 3 6 13 17 37 -28 38

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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.