Burton Albion vs Portsmouth: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Burton Albion will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Portsmouth.

Burton Albion and Portsmouth should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The story so far for Burton Albion at their home stadium (Pirelli Stadium) is 10 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Pirelli Stadium after three straight home wins.

A good away victory last time out for Burton Albion, who won 3-0 against Scunthorpe United. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sunderland the opponent.

There will be little rest for Burton Albion after this match as they are travelling to Southend United for a League One game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Burton Albion in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 21 matches. Burton Albion have only conceded 20 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

12-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portsmouth, who have the most points (41) away in League One, in their matches away. Portsmouth have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Portsmouth won their last game, 4-1 versus Rochdale played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Wycombe Wanderers.

After this away game Portsmouth return home for a League One game against Coventry City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Portsmouth are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 38 times in 21 away games so far. 27 goals have been conceded by Portsmouth in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Portsmouth - Burton Albion 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Burton Albion 1 win, 3 draws and Portsmouth 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

J. Lowe
14 goals / 8 assists
L. Akins
11 goals / 7 assists
R. Curtis
11 goals / 8 assists

Burton Albion missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Burton Albion Portsmouth
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 41
60 32 Scored 38 75
48 20 Conceded 27 44
88% 86% Over 0.5 95% 95%
74% 67% Over 1.5 86% 83%
57% 57% Over 2.5 62% 54%
26% 19% Over 3.5 29% 29%
7% 10% Over 4.5 24% 20%
57% 57% Both teams to score 76% 66%
31% 38% Clean Sheet 19% 27%
24% 19% Failed To Score 10% 12%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Portsmouth is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 42 23 13 6 72 35 21 13 8 0 36 14 21 10 5 6 36 21 37 82
3 Sunderland 41 21 17 3 74 41 21 11 9 1 43 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 33 80
4 Portsmouth 41 23 11 7 75 44 20 11 6 3 37 17 21 12 5 4 38 27 31 80
5 Charlton Athletic 42 23 10 9 62 38 21 14 5 2 33 15 21 9 5 7 29 23 24 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 42 19 12 11 71 52 21 12 7 2 42 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 19 69
7 Peterborough United 41 18 10 13 63 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 20 10 4 6 36 28 9 64
8 Coventry City 42 17 10 15 50 49 21 8 6 7 21 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 1 61
9 Burton Albion 42 16 12 14 60 48 21 10 5 6 32 20 21 6 7 8 28 28 12 60
10 Blackpool 42 14 16 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 7 8 6 21 24 1 58
11 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 54 47 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 56
12 Oxford United 42 13 14 15 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 53
13 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 14 16 47 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 21 4 6 11 24 31 -6 50
14 Bristol Rovers 42 12 13 17 44 47 21 5 6 10 22 26 21 7 7 7 22 21 -3 49
15 Gillingham 42 13 9 20 54 68 21 6 4 11 24 33 21 7 5 9 30 35 -14 48
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Wycombe Wanderers 42 12 11 19 52 64 21 8 5 8 26 26 21 4 6 11 26 38 -12 47
18 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 11 19 51 67 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 4 5 12 18 34 -16 47
19 Scunthorpe United 42 12 9 21 49 73 21 6 6 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 45
20 Rochdale 42 12 9 21 51 83 21 6 4 11 23 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -32 45
21 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 8 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 44
22 Southend United 42 12 7 23 49 63 21 6 2 13 27 31 21 6 5 10 22 32 -14 43
23 Walsall 42 11 9 22 45 69 21 6 4 11 26 36 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 42
24 Bradford City 42 10 6 26 45 72 21 7 2 12 24 30 21 3 4 14 21 42 -27 36

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