Football match betting preview: Burton Albion vs Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

This is a vital shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the League One, with both Burton Albion and Forest Green Rovers experiencing more stress than happiness. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 24th and the away team in 22nd position.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (24) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One

This should be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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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 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Maamria led his Burton to a defeat away at Shrewsbury Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Pirelli Stadium. The forward Adeboyejo bettered all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Adeboyejo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory at Sheffield Wednesday. A EFL Trophy match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Burton Albion handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Fleetwood Town in only three days. This game is also played here at Pirelli Stadium.

Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Burton Albion with 9 goals conceded in these matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Forest Green Rovers, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.

The manager Burchnall was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium The New Lawn. Forest Green Rovers suffered a 0-4 loss to Exeter City (placed 10th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Exeter City was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. The attacker Wickham got a match rating of 7.13 in that game. Wickham hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previously, the EFL Trophy victory away at Newport County.

It's early days yet, but Forest Green Rovers has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - one - three (Burton wins - draws - Forest Green Rovers wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
4 goals
Forest Green RoversC. Wickham
C. Wickham
3 goals
Burton AlbionV. Adeboyejo
V. Adeboyejo
2 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Burton Albion Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 10
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
8 4 1 Lost L 0 1 6
11 0 0 Scored S 2 4 8
24 9 4 Conceded C 1 8 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 70%
30% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 10%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 60%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 40%
 
5.5 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.5 4.6
5.8 8.5 12 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 5.4
1.6 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 9.2 3 Shots (avg) S ( 17 9.8 9.8
2.9 2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 3.8 4.1
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 20%
 
14.3 14.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 8 14.2 12.5
4.5 3.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 5.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Forest Green Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Burton Albion have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Burton Albion have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Burton Albion have the fewest points (0) at home in League One
  • Burton Albion have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in League One
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (24) in League One
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Burton Albion have scored home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-14) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 18 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 10 3 12 21
2 Portsmouth 9 6 3 0 19 8 5 3 2 0 11 5 4 3 1 0 8 3 11 21
3 Sheffield Wednesday 10 6 2 2 20 10 6 3 2 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 6 2 10 20
4 Plymouth Argyle 9 6 1 2 16 11 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 19
5 Barnsley 10 5 2 3 16 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 6 17
6 Bolton Wanderers 9 5 2 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 17
7 Cambridge United 10 5 1 4 14 16 5 4 0 1 9 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 16
8 Peterborough United 10 5 0 5 17 10 5 4 0 1 12 1 5 1 0 4 5 9 7 15
9 Shrewsbury Town 10 4 3 3 11 11 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 2 2 1 6 4 0 15
10 Exeter City 10 4 2 4 16 10 5 3 0 2 8 4 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 14
11 Derby County 9 4 2 3 9 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 14
12 Lincoln City 9 3 4 2 14 14 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 13
13 Accrington Stanley 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 -1 13
14 Fleetwood Town 9 2 6 1 9 8 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 1 12
15 Port Vale 10 3 3 4 10 15 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 1 3 4 10 -5 12
16 Charlton Athletic 10 2 5 3 14 14 4 2 2 0 8 3 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 11
17 Wycombe Wanderers 10 3 2 5 13 15 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 7 12 -2 11
18 Milton Keynes Dons 9 3 1 5 9 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 2 0 3 6 6 -2 10
19 Oxford United 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 -2 10
20 Cheltenham Town 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -4 8
21 Bristol Rovers 10 2 2 6 13 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 -7 8
22 Forest Green Rovers 10 2 2 6 8 22 6 1 0 5 4 14 4 1 2 1 4 8 -14 8
23 Morecambe 10 1 4 5 7 18 5 0 2 3 2 10 5 1 2 2 5 8 -11 7
24 Burton Albion 10 1 1 8 11 24 4 0 0 4 0 9 6 1 1 4 11 15 -13 4

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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.