Open game expected at Pirelli Stadium: Burton Albion vs Oxford United preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 11.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League One table so far. Here's the Burton Albion - Oxford United latest:

It's no vacation for neither Burton Albion nor Oxford United 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

Overall League One stats at home this season for Burton Albion are 6-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). Burton Albion have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Burton Albion drew their last game, also a home match. Gillingham (placed 12th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Rotherham United.

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 eleven games. Burton Albion has won three of these, drawn three and lost five.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Burton Albion as they are travelling to their away game against Ipswich Town in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Burton Albion has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Burton Albion have conceded only 9 goals.

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Oxford United form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Oxford United have produced an overall stat of 4-5-6 so far.

Oxford United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Peterborough United (placed 3rd). The game before that, in the FA Cup, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Newcastle United (after extra-time).

Oxford United lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Oxford United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Oxford United, three draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Oxford United are hosting Sunderland in the League One only four days away.

Oxford United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Oxford United have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Oxford United - Burton Albion 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Burton Albion five wins, three draws and Oxford United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedJ. Henry
J. Henry
9 goals
Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
7 goals
Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
6 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burton Albion Oxford United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 6 15 28
11 6 2 Won W 1 4 12
9 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
9 3 1 Lost L 4 6 8
39 14 3 Scored S 10 22 45
36 9 2 Conceded C 9 20 31
86% 79% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
66% 43% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 71%
45% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 61%
31% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 29%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 11%
48% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 46%
31% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 17% 20% 43%
34% 43% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 21%
 
6.2 7.3 8.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 6.5 6.6
5.4 5.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.4
1.6 1.5 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
401 193 68 Total Shots T S 84 200 385
118 48 14 Shots on Target S O 23 62 128
33% 29% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion has the fewest conceded goals (9) at 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 Rotherham United 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 28 13 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 56
2 Wycombe Wanderers 30 15 8 7 39 35 16 12 3 1 31 18 14 3 5 6 8 17 4 53
3 Peterborough United 31 15 7 9 60 37 15 10 3 2 35 13 16 5 4 7 25 24 23 52
4 Coventry City 28 13 12 3 40 28 14 9 4 1 19 10 14 4 8 2 21 18 12 51
5 Portsmouth 28 14 8 6 43 29 14 9 5 0 26 12 14 5 3 6 17 17 14 50
6 Sunderland 29 13 9 7 38 26 15 8 6 1 26 10 14 5 3 6 12 16 12 48
7 Ipswich Town 30 13 9 8 41 30 13 5 5 3 19 14 17 8 4 5 22 16 11 48
8 Doncaster Rovers 29 12 9 8 44 28 17 8 5 4 25 17 12 4 4 4 19 11 16 45
9 Fleetwood Town 28 12 9 7 43 34 15 8 6 1 22 12 13 4 3 6 21 22 9 45
10 Oxford United 28 12 8 8 45 31 13 8 3 2 23 11 15 4 5 6 22 20 14 44
11 Burton Albion 29 11 9 9 39 36 14 6 5 3 14 9 15 5 4 6 25 27 3 42
12 Gillingham 29 9 13 7 33 27 15 8 3 4 24 14 14 1 10 3 9 13 6 40
13 Bristol Rovers 29 10 8 11 33 41 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 5 2 7 14 24 -8 38
14 Blackpool 28 9 10 9 36 34 13 7 2 4 20 16 15 2 8 5 16 18 2 37
15 Lincoln City 31 11 4 16 37 39 14 9 1 4 24 15 17 2 3 12 13 24 -2 37
16 Shrewsbury Town 28 8 11 9 25 32 13 5 5 3 16 16 15 3 6 6 9 16 -7 35
17 Accrington Stanley 29 8 9 12 39 43 14 6 2 6 27 20 15 2 7 6 12 23 -4 33
18 Rochdale 30 9 6 15 35 48 14 4 4 6 15 19 16 5 2 9 20 29 -13 33
19 Milton Keynes Dons 30 9 5 16 32 41 16 8 1 7 19 20 14 1 4 9 13 21 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 29 7 7 15 35 44 15 5 6 4 18 18 14 2 1 11 17 26 -9 28
21 Tranmere Rovers 29 5 7 17 28 53 16 3 5 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 22
22 Southend United 29 3 7 19 33 72 13 1 4 8 13 35 16 2 3 11 20 37 -39 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 27 5 8 14 23 57 15 4 7 4 17 21 12 1 1 10 6 36 -34 11

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  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 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 28 13 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 56
2 Wycombe Wanderers 30 15 8 7 39 35 16 12 3 1 31 18 14 3 5 6 8 17 4 53
3 Peterborough United 31 15 7 9 60 37 15 10 3 2 35 13 16 5 4 7 25 24 23 52
4 Coventry City 28 13 12 3 40 28 14 9 4 1 19 10 14 4 8 2 21 18 12 51
5 Portsmouth 28 14 8 6 43 29 14 9 5 0 26 12 14 5 3 6 17 17 14 50
6 Sunderland 29 13 9 7 38 26 15 8 6 1 26 10 14 5 3 6 12 16 12 48
7 Ipswich Town 30 13 9 8 41 30 13 5 5 3 19 14 17 8 4 5 22 16 11 48
8 Doncaster Rovers 29 12 9 8 44 28 17 8 5 4 25 17 12 4 4 4 19 11 16 45
9 Fleetwood Town 28 12 9 7 43 34 15 8 6 1 22 12 13 4 3 6 21 22 9 45
10 Oxford United 28 12 8 8 45 31 13 8 3 2 23 11 15 4 5 6 22 20 14 44
11 Burton Albion 29 11 9 9 39 36 14 6 5 3 14 9 15 5 4 6 25 27 3 42
12 Gillingham 29 9 13 7 33 27 15 8 3 4 24 14 14 1 10 3 9 13 6 40
13 Bristol Rovers 29 10 8 11 33 41 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 5 2 7 14 24 -8 38
14 Blackpool 28 9 10 9 36 34 13 7 2 4 20 16 15 2 8 5 16 18 2 37
15 Lincoln City 31 11 4 16 37 39 14 9 1 4 24 15 17 2 3 12 13 24 -2 37
16 Shrewsbury Town 28 8 11 9 25 32 13 5 5 3 16 16 15 3 6 6 9 16 -7 35
17 Accrington Stanley 29 8 9 12 39 43 14 6 2 6 27 20 15 2 7 6 12 23 -4 33
18 Rochdale 30 9 6 15 35 48 14 4 4 6 15 19 16 5 2 9 20 29 -13 33
19 Milton Keynes Dons 30 9 5 16 32 41 16 8 1 7 19 20 14 1 4 9 13 21 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 29 7 7 15 35 44 15 5 6 4 18 18 14 2 1 11 17 26 -9 28
21 Tranmere Rovers 29 5 7 17 28 53 16 3 5 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 22
22 Southend United 29 3 7 19 33 72 13 1 4 8 13 35 16 2 3 11 20 37 -39 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 27 5 8 14 23 57 15 4 7 4 17 21 12 1 1 10 6 36 -34 11

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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.