Another action-packed fixture in League One as Burton Albion welcome Ipswich Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Struggling Burton Albion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ipswich Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion has the most conceded goals (50) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Burton Albion form and stats

With 2 League One wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Burton Albion, who have the most conceded goals (50) in League One, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Pirelli Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Burton Albion as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

A good away victory last time out for Burton, who won 1-0 against Gillingham (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Burton Albion lost 1-5 at home to Oxford United.

Ben Garratt loved the game against Gillingham. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.

Burton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pirelli Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Burton Albion are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (27 from 11 played).

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Home advantage was not enough for Ipswich Town in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Swindon Town, 2-3. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Burton Albion.

Ipswich have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ipswich Town have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ipswich Town - Burton Albion 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Burton, one draw and six wins for Ipswich Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionK. Hemmings
K. Hemmings
8 goals
Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
5 goals
Ipswich TownG. Edwards
G. Edwards
5 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Burton Albion Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 1 8 19
3 2 2 Won W 1 3 10
7 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
13 7 2 Lost L 0 3 7
29 17 9 Scored S 2 11 25
50 27 10 Conceded C 0 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 95%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 79%
57% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 42%
39% 55% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 16%
26% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 16%
83% 91% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 42%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 37%
13% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.6 10.1 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 7.8 10.8
2.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.2 4.3
45% 47% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 42% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League One
  • Burton Albion has the most conceded goals (27) at home in League One
  • Burton Albion has the most conceded goals (50) in League One
  • Burton Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in League One
  • Burton Albion has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League One
  • Burton Albion has the the worst goal difference (-21) in League One
  • Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ipswich 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 Lincoln City 21 13 3 5 32 18 11 6 1 4 17 13 10 7 2 1 15 5 14 42
2 Hull City 20 12 2 6 32 19 9 6 0 3 10 6 11 6 2 3 22 13 13 38
3 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
4 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 4 1 3 13 9 12 33
5 Peterborough United 19 10 3 6 30 20 8 6 1 1 20 8 11 4 2 5 10 12 10 33
6 Accrington Stanley 17 10 3 4 25 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 9 5 1 3 16 11 8 33
7 Charlton Athletic 20 9 5 6 29 24 9 4 2 3 14 12 11 5 3 3 15 12 5 32
8 Ipswich Town 19 10 2 7 25 22 11 7 0 4 14 12 8 3 2 3 11 10 3 32
9 Crewe Alexandra 21 9 4 8 28 24 11 6 2 3 17 10 10 3 2 5 11 14 4 31
10 Sunderland 19 7 9 3 24 15 10 3 4 3 10 11 9 4 5 0 14 4 9 30
11 Fleetwood Town 20 8 5 7 28 18 10 5 3 2 16 7 10 3 2 5 12 11 10 29
12 Oxford United 20 8 4 8 30 27 9 4 2 3 14 10 11 4 2 5 16 17 3 28
13 Blackpool 20 8 3 9 20 23 9 5 1 3 11 10 11 3 2 6 9 13 -3 27
14 Gillingham 21 8 2 11 23 27 11 4 1 6 10 14 10 4 1 5 13 13 -4 26
15 Plymouth Argyle 21 7 5 9 28 37 12 7 2 3 19 16 9 0 3 6 9 21 -9 26
16 Milton Keynes Dons 21 6 7 8 26 25 10 3 5 2 14 11 11 3 2 6 12 14 1 25
17 Shrewsbury Town 20 5 9 6 21 25 9 1 5 3 11 13 11 4 4 3 10 12 -4 24
18 Bristol Rovers 18 6 4 8 20 27 9 3 1 5 10 15 9 3 3 3 10 12 -7 22
19 Northampton Town 21 6 4 11 19 36 12 3 3 6 8 17 9 3 1 5 11 19 -17 22
20 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 6 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 14 18 11 3 4 4 11 15 -8 21
21 Rochdale 19 5 5 9 26 33 10 1 5 4 10 18 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 20
22 Swindon Town 21 6 2 13 28 43 11 4 1 6 13 18 10 2 1 7 15 25 -15 20
23 Wigan Athletic 20 5 4 11 21 35 10 2 3 5 12 19 10 3 1 6 9 16 -14 19
24 Burton Albion 23 3 7 13 29 50 11 2 2 7 17 27 12 1 5 6 12 23 -21 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.