With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Burton Albion fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lincoln City.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Pirelli Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Lincoln City have had more rest.
Burton Albion form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Burton Albion are 2-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). Burton Albion have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The points were shared in Burton Albion's previous game, also at home. Visiting Southend United (placed 22nd) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Oldham Athletic and winning 1-0.
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 eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Burton Albion have scored 4 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively Burton Albion have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lincoln City form and stats
There's been little loot from Lincoln City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the League One. Lincoln City only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Ipswich Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Lincoln City manager faced defeat when travelling to Gillingham and losing 0-1.
Lincoln City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Lincoln City have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Burton Albion 3 wins, 1 draw and Lincoln City 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
T. Walker
7 goals
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S. Fraser
4 goals
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L. Akins
3 goals
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Burton Albion missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Burton Albion | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 22 |
| 82% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 29% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 76% |
| 47% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 35% |
| 35% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 35% |
| 35% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 6.6 | 8.7 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 226 | 83 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 115 | 194 |
| 69 | 19 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 37 | 62 |
| 29% | 16% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 29% |
- Burton Albion has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Burton Albion has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
- Burton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lincoln City 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 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 29 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 13 |
| 22 | Southend United | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -35 | 6 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26 | -27 | 1 |