Burton Albion vs Milton Keynes Dons: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 14.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Burton Albion are in the 11th position while the guesting Milton Keynes Dons worry at 19th.

It's no vacation for neither Burton Albion nor Milton Keynes Dons as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Burton Albion are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Burton Albion's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Fleetwood Town (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Northampton Town with the scoreline 2-4.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Burton Albion matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from three games).

The Burton Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Burton Albion have conceded only 8 goals.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Milton Keynes Dons so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Milton Keynes Dons, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Milton Keynes Dons are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Coventry City (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Newport County's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Milton Keynes Dons when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

After this away game Milton Keynes Dons return home for a League One game against Sunderland. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Milton Keynes Dons are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Milton Keynes Dons - Burton Albion 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
7 goals
Burton AlbionL. Boyce
L. Boyce
7 goals
Burton AlbionS. Fraser
S. Fraser
5 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Burton Albion Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 5 12 25
10 5 3 Won W 1 1 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
8 3 1 Lost L 3 8 14
33 12 9 Scored S 5 12 27
30 8 6 Conceded C 6 19 37
88% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
67% 45% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 68%
46% 18% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 56%
29% 18% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 28%
17% 9% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
46% 27% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 48%
29% 45% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 8% 20%
38% 45% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 36%
 
6.6 8.2 7.4 Corners For (avg) C F 5.4 4.6 5.3
5.3 5.1 5.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.4 7.7 6.4
1.6 1.3 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
351 168 88 Total Shots T S 41 118 279
98 40 26 Shots on Target S O 11 40 88
34% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 30% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home
  • Burton Albion has the most points from losing position (16)
  • Burton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Milton Keynes Dons 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 Rotherham United 25 13 5 7 45 26 12 5 3 4 21 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 19 44
2 Wycombe Wanderers 25 12 8 5 32 26 13 9 3 1 24 15 12 3 5 4 8 11 6 44
3 Ipswich Town 24 11 8 5 37 23 11 4 5 2 17 10 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 41
4 Coventry City 24 10 11 3 35 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 11 2 7 2 18 17 9 41
5 Oxford United 24 11 6 7 42 25 11 7 2 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 21 15 17 39
6 Sunderland 24 10 8 6 35 24 13 7 5 1 25 10 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 38
7 Portsmouth 24 10 8 6 36 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 11 2 3 6 12 17 7 38
8 Doncaster Rovers 23 10 7 6 36 23 14 7 4 3 21 14 9 3 3 3 15 9 13 37
9 Peterborough United 25 10 7 8 44 34 12 7 3 2 25 12 13 3 4 6 19 22 10 37
10 Fleetwood Town 23 10 6 7 37 30 12 7 4 1 18 9 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 36
11 Burton Albion 24 10 6 8 33 30 11 5 3 3 12 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 3 36
12 Bristol Rovers 24 10 6 8 30 32 13 5 5 3 18 15 11 5 1 5 12 17 -2 36
13 Blackpool 24 8 10 6 32 28 12 6 2 4 18 15 12 2 8 2 14 13 4 34
14 Gillingham 25 8 10 7 28 24 13 7 2 4 21 13 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 34
15 Shrewsbury Town 24 8 9 7 22 26 12 5 4 3 15 15 12 3 5 4 7 11 -4 33
16 Lincoln City 25 9 4 12 30 32 10 7 1 2 18 11 15 2 3 10 12 21 -2 31
17 Accrington Stanley 25 7 8 10 35 37 11 5 2 4 24 15 14 2 6 6 11 22 -2 29
18 Rochdale 25 8 4 13 29 41 12 3 3 6 12 17 13 5 1 7 17 24 -12 28
19 Milton Keynes Dons 25 7 4 14 27 37 13 6 1 6 15 18 12 1 3 8 12 19 -10 25
20 AFC Wimbledon 25 6 6 13 30 38 12 4 5 3 14 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -8 24
21 Tranmere Rovers 24 5 7 12 27 43 12 3 5 4 18 18 12 2 2 8 9 25 -16 22
22 Southend United 25 1 7 17 27 65 12 0 4 8 11 34 13 1 3 9 16 31 -38 10
23 Bolton Wanderers 22 4 7 11 18 48 12 3 6 3 14 19 10 1 1 8 4 29 -30 7

Read more about League One

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.