Match preview League One: Fleetwood Town - Burton Albion at Highbury Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5327 seats)

3rd position in the League One table for Fleetwood Town so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 14th-placed Burton Albion visits Highbury Stadium.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Highbury Stadium as Fleetwood Town have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League One are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Fleetwood Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ipswich Town here at Highbury Stadium in a League One match. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Shrewsbury Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fleetwood Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Fleetwood Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Coventry City awaits in four days.

The Fleetwood Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Fleetwood Town have conceded only 5 goals.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Playing away, Burton Albion have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the League One this season.

Burton Albion play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Milton Keynes Dons (placed 19th). The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Everton U21.

We have checked recent matches where Burton Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W1-D2-L1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AFC Wimbledon in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Burton Albion are regular goalscorers on their travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Burton Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 1 - 4 (Fleetwood Town wins - draws - Burton Albion wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Madden
6 goals
J. Morris
4 goals
S. Fraser
3 goals / 4 assists

Fleetwood Town missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Fleetwood Town Burton Albion
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 0 6 10
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
20 9 2 Scored S 0 12 14
14 5 1 Conceded C 0 7 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 80%
91% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 60%
64% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 50%
27% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 20%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 10%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 40%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 40%
 
4.8 5.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 0 5.2 6.2
4 4.2 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.7 6.1
2.2 1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Fleetwood Town
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 LO Southend United 3 - 3 Fleetwood Town
21-09-19 LO Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Rochdale
25-09-19 EFL Fleetwood Town 1 - 1 Liverpool U21
28-09-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 0 - 3 Fleetwood Town
05-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 0 - 1 Ipswich Town
19-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Burton Albion
23-10-19 LO Coventry City 18:45 Fleetwood Town
26-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
02-11-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 15:00 Fleetwood Town
12-11-19 EFL Fleetwood Town 19:45 Oldham Athletic
Burton Albion
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-09-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 2 Burton Albion
21-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Burton Albion
25-09-19 CC Burton Albion 2 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
01-10-19 EFL Burton Albion 0 - 2 Everton U21
05-10-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 3 Burton Albion
19-10-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Burton Albion
22-10-19 LO Burton Albion 18:45 AFC Wimbledon
26-10-19 LO Burton Albion 14:00 Blackpool
29-10-19 CC Burton Albion 19:45 Leicester City
02-11-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 15:00 Burton Albion

  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 11 8 3 0 21 5 5 3 2 0 10 3 6 5 1 0 11 2 16 27
2 Wycombe Wanderers 12 6 5 1 21 13 7 5 2 0 17 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 8 23
3 Peterborough United 12 6 3 3 28 15 6 4 1 1 17 7 6 2 2 2 11 8 13 21
4 Bristol Rovers 12 6 3 3 15 12 7 4 3 0 11 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 3 21
5 Fleetwood Town 11 6 2 3 20 14 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 11 9 6 20
6 Blackpool 13 5 5 3 17 15 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 2 4 1 9 7 2 20
7 Coventry City 12 5 5 2 16 15 7 5 1 1 10 5 5 0 4 1 6 10 1 20
8 Oxford United 13 5 4 4 27 17 6 4 1 1 15 7 7 1 3 3 12 10 10 19
9 Sunderland 11 5 4 2 16 14 5 3 2 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 19
10 Rotherham United 11 5 3 3 18 10 5 2 2 1 11 4 6 3 1 2 7 6 8 18
11 Doncaster Rovers 11 4 4 3 13 13 7 4 1 2 11 8 4 0 3 1 2 5 0 16
12 Lincoln City 13 5 1 7 17 19 6 4 0 2 10 7 7 1 1 5 7 12 -2 16
13 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 4 3 10 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 7 -3 16
14 Burton Albion 10 4 3 3 14 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 6 3 2 1 12 7 5 15
15 Gillingham 12 3 5 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 13 6 6 0 4 2 4 8 3 14
16 Portsmouth 10 3 4 3 12 11 5 2 3 0 8 5 5 1 1 3 4 6 1 13
17 Rochdale 12 3 4 5 14 21 6 1 3 2 5 8 6 2 1 3 9 13 -7 13
18 Tranmere Rovers 12 3 3 6 16 21 6 2 2 2 13 9 6 1 1 4 3 12 -5 12
19 Milton Keynes Dons 12 4 0 8 12 19 7 3 0 4 5 11 5 1 0 4 7 8 -7 12
20 Accrington Stanley 12 2 5 5 15 21 5 1 2 2 8 10 7 1 3 3 7 11 -6 11
21 AFC Wimbledon 13 2 3 8 18 24 6 1 3 2 7 9 7 1 0 6 11 15 -6 9
22 Southend United 12 1 1 10 13 32 6 0 1 5 5 16 6 1 0 5 8 16 -19 4
23 Bolton Wanderers 10 0 4 6 2 25 5 0 4 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 1 19 -23 -8

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