League One: We're looking at an interesting and important scrap starring Forest Green Rovers and Burton Albion at The New Lawn. They both need to win this!
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-25) in League One
- Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Burton Albion 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.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Forest Green Rovers have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 11 games. When Forest Green Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Charlton Athletic, Morecambe, Cambridge United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Cheltenham Town), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Forest Green Rovers has recorded two wins in a row here at The New Lawn, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Peart-Harris was the last player to score a league goal for Forest Green Rovers and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Forest Green Rovers haven't scored in 195 minutes.
Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Milton Keynes Dons (0-1). Midfield player O'Keeffe got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, the max score being 10. O'Keeffe hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Heartbreak before that as Forest Green Rovers lost 0-4 at Derby County's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Forest Green Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rovers, as the League One home game vs Port Vale is only three days away.
Forest Green Rovers aren't scoring a lot here at The New Lawn in the league, with only {8 goals} from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-3-7 (11 played).
Burton Albion won their last game, 3-0 versus Lincoln City played at home. Yippee; their first three points in the league after seven games not winning. It was a convincing performance from Burton when Lincoln City were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Adeboyejo, Smith and Hughes scored their goals. Defender Hughes was the best team player with a rating of 8.0. Hughes scored one goal and won 7 of 16 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Barnsley wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Burton Albion in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Burton Albion, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Burton Albion manager Maamria as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Morecambe.
Burton have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. The Burton Albion manager Maamria has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Burton Albion is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Charlton Athletic, Morecambe, Cambridge United, Accrington Stanley, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion and Cheltenham Town.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived history featuring both these sides is the Burton Albion - Rovers 3-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Forest Green Rovers victories, one draw and five Burton Albion wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Adeboyejo 11 goals |   C. Wickham 6 goals |  D. Keillor-Dunn 5 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 30 |
| 44 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 52% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 52% |
| 26% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 30% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 27% | 22% |
| 52% | 36% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 57% |
| 9% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 6.4 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 25% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 46% | 37% |
| 13.7 | 11.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.4 | 13.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- All of Burton Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Burton Albion have the fewest points (6) away in League One
- Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in League One
- Burton Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-25) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 50 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Derby County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 20 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -14 | 19 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 15 |
