A cursory peek at the League One table imply an upper hand to Portsmouth when they visit Burton Albion. Even so; let's wait before we pick a winner!
- Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (20) in League One
- Portsmouth have the most scored goals (15) in League One
Both sides have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Burton Albion are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Oxford United. Attacking player Adeboyejo edged out all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Adeboyejo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory hosting Leicester U21 in the EFL Trophy.
Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Burton with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth are happy with their away performances in the League One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Portsmouth go into this game after a win, the home game against Peterborough United that ended 2-1. Scarlett has scored for the away team three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! Attacker Scarlett got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Scarlett scored two goals.
Before that game, 2-2 away against Crawley Town (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
Portsmouth have the goal stats of 6-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Burton Albion victories, four draws and three Portsmouth wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 4 goals |  D. Keillor-Dunn 3 goals | C. Ogilvie 3 goals |
Burton Albion missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Burton Albion | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 6.6 | 10 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 9.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| 15.6 | 14.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.7 | 9 |
| 5.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 2.9 |
- Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Burton Albion have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Burton Albion have lost all their home matches so far.
- Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (20) in League One
- Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in League One
- Burton Albion have the the worst goal difference (-12) in League One
- Burton Albion have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in League One
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Burton Albion is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Portsmouth have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portsmouth have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Portsmouth have the most scored goals (15) in League One
- Portsmouth have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in League One
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Oxford United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 1 |
