Burton Albion vs Milton Keynes Dons betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

This is shaping out to be an entertaining fixture as Burton Albion have their supposed home advantage, while Milton Keynes Dons are in front by 10 points in the League One table.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons 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.

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Burton Albion form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Burton Albion have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

The Burton Albion supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host AFC Wimbledon and win 1-1. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Burton Albion, who played 1-1 against AFC Wimbledon. That match was also played at this venue (Pirelli Stadium). The Burton Albion crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-1 to AFC Wimbledon here at Pirelli Stadium. Hamer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Hamer hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Gillingham and winning 3-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Gillingham that finished 3-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 3-1 away at Gillingham.

This is expected to be a close game, with Burton Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Burton Albion as a small favourite), we find eight games. Burton Albion has won three of these, drawn two and lost three.

Burton Albion are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Lincoln City awaits in four days.

The Burton Albion fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Burton Albion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

6-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Milton Keynes Dons in their League One matches away.

There were no winners in Milton Keynes Dons's previous match, the home game that ended 0-1 vs Doncaster Rovers (placed 23rd). Milton Keynes Dons failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Doncaster Rovers (placed 23rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Keynes won their last game, 0-1 versus Doncaster Rovers played at home. Midfield player McEachran was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. McEachran hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Portsmouth. Before that, Milton Keynes Dons travelled to Portsmouth and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Portsmouth wasn't a success with a 2-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Milton Keynes Dons in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Milton Keynes Dons, two draws and seven defeats.

Milton Keynes Dons have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a League One fixture against Wycombe Wanderers. A hard calendar for the guests!

Milton Keynes Dons have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 13 away matches. As opposed to that, Milton Keynes Dons have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other earlier this match year: Milton Keynes Dons - Burton 1-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Burton Albion victories, one draw and three Milton Keynes Dons wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
11 goals
Burton AlbionD. Jebbison
D. Jebbison
7 goals
Milton Keynes DonsM. O'Riley
M. O'Riley
7 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burton Albion Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 5 13 27
10 7 1 Won W 2 6 13
6 3 0 Drew D 3 4 7
10 3 1 Lost L 0 3 7
33 23 2 Scored S 11 28 46
32 14 3 Conceded C 9 18 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
77% 85% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 74%
46% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 77% 59%
23% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 46% 30%
8% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 31% 22%
58% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 85% 63%
23% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 26%
23% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
5.4 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.3 4.6
5.9 5.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.4 5.4
1.9 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 15.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 16.2 13.8 14.5
3.7 4.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.4 5.1
35% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 40% 33%
 
13.3 11.7 23 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.6 10.3
3.7 3.5 9.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Wigan Athletic 24 17 3 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 10 1 1 29 12 23 54
2 Sunderland 28 16 6 6 53 33 14 11 1 2 31 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 20 54
3 Rotherham United 26 16 5 5 46 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 28 53
4 Wycombe Wanderers 28 15 7 6 46 33 13 9 2 2 24 17 15 6 5 4 22 16 13 52
5 Milton Keynes Dons 27 13 7 7 46 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 6 4 3 28 18 14 46
6 Oxford United 27 13 7 7 43 31 15 9 4 2 30 15 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 46
7 Plymouth Argyle 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 5 4 4 22 18 10 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 10 10 6 36 32 11 6 4 1 19 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 4 40
9 Ipswich Town 27 10 8 9 45 37 14 6 6 2 25 19 13 4 2 7 20 18 8 38
10 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
11 Burton Albion 26 10 6 10 33 32 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 36
12 Cambridge United 27 9 9 9 37 39 15 5 6 4 19 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -2 36
13 Accrington Stanley 27 10 6 11 33 43 14 7 3 4 21 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 36
14 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
15 Bolton Wanderers 26 9 5 12 33 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 -4 32
16 Lincoln City 26 8 7 11 31 34 13 3 3 7 12 17 13 5 4 4 19 17 -3 31
17 Cheltenham Town 27 7 10 10 32 46 14 5 5 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 31
18 Shrewsbury Town 27 8 6 13 26 30 14 7 3 4 17 13 13 1 3 9 9 17 -4 30
19 AFC Wimbledon 25 6 10 9 31 37 11 2 7 2 15 15 14 4 3 7 16 22 -6 28
20 Fleetwood Town 26 7 7 12 38 45 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 28
21 Morecambe 27 7 6 14 38 53 15 5 4 6 23 26 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 27
22 Crewe Alexandra 27 5 7 15 24 45 13 4 4 5 14 19 14 1 3 10 10 26 -21 22
23 Doncaster Rovers 27 5 4 18 19 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 1 1 12 8 33 -30 19
24 Gillingham 26 3 9 14 21 44 12 2 3 7 8 21 14 1 6 7 13 23 -23 18

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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 Wigan Athletic 24 17 3 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 12 10 1 1 29 12 23 54
2 Sunderland 28 16 6 6 53 33 14 11 1 2 31 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 20 54
3 Rotherham United 26 16 5 5 46 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 28 53
4 Wycombe Wanderers 28 15 7 6 46 33 13 9 2 2 24 17 15 6 5 4 22 16 13 52
5 Milton Keynes Dons 27 13 7 7 46 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 6 4 3 28 18 14 46
6 Oxford United 27 13 7 7 43 31 15 9 4 2 30 15 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 46
7 Plymouth Argyle 26 12 7 7 41 31 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 5 4 4 22 18 10 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 10 10 6 36 32 11 6 4 1 19 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 4 40
9 Ipswich Town 27 10 8 9 45 37 14 6 6 2 25 19 13 4 2 7 20 18 8 38
10 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
11 Burton Albion 26 10 6 10 33 32 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 36
12 Cambridge United 27 9 9 9 37 39 15 5 6 4 19 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -2 36
13 Accrington Stanley 27 10 6 11 33 43 14 7 3 4 21 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 36
14 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
15 Bolton Wanderers 26 9 5 12 33 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 -4 32
16 Lincoln City 26 8 7 11 31 34 13 3 3 7 12 17 13 5 4 4 19 17 -3 31
17 Cheltenham Town 27 7 10 10 32 46 14 5 5 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 31
18 Shrewsbury Town 27 8 6 13 26 30 14 7 3 4 17 13 13 1 3 9 9 17 -4 30
19 AFC Wimbledon 25 6 10 9 31 37 11 2 7 2 15 15 14 4 3 7 16 22 -6 28
20 Fleetwood Town 26 7 7 12 38 45 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 28
21 Morecambe 27 7 6 14 38 53 15 5 4 6 23 26 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 27
22 Crewe Alexandra 27 5 7 15 24 45 13 4 4 5 14 19 14 1 3 10 10 26 -21 22
23 Doncaster Rovers 27 5 4 18 19 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 1 1 12 8 33 -30 19
24 Gillingham 26 3 9 14 21 44 12 2 3 7 8 21 14 1 6 7 13 23 -23 18

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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.