Gillingham vs Burton Albion betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Match-goers at MEMS Priestfield Stadium haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Gillingham decaying in the 22nd position. The visiting Burton Albion will attempt to shield their higher league position in this match.

Insights:
  • Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham's results here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Gillingham are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 196 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by McKenzie).

Gillingham's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Ipswich Town (placed 10th). As you see from the result above, Gillingham suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Carayol (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Carayol hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Milton Keynes Dons the opponent.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gillingham here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gillingham have conceded 18 from these games.

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Burton Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from Burton Albion's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the League One. Burton Albion only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cheltenham Town (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. Brayford was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.52. The defender Brayford won 7 of 11 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Crewe Alexandra.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Burton have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gillingham and Burton Albion have met previously this season: Burton Albion - Gillingham 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Gillingham victories, three draws and five Burton Albion wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
6 goals
Burton AlbionD. Jebbison
D. Jebbison
6 goals
Burton AlbionT. O'Connor
T. O'Connor
5 goals

Gillingham missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Gillingham Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 9
9 3 2 Drew D 2 3 5
12 6 2 Lost L 1 7 10
18 7 1 Scored S 2 7 29
38 18 7 Conceded C 3 17 30
92% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
79% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
33% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
17% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 21%
8% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 54%
17% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
38% 45% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 25%
 
4.7 4.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.8 5.4
5.9 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.7 6.1
2.2 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.2 2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
9.9 11.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.4 13.1
3.5 3.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 3.6
22% 16% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 33%
 
15.7 13.4 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.1 13.4
5.2 4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Burton Albion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest points (9) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (15) in League One
  • Gillingham have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in League One
  • Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 24 15 5 4 45 17 13 9 2 2 32 13 11 6 3 2 13 4 28 50
2 Sunderland 25 15 5 5 50 29 12 10 1 1 29 6 13 5 4 4 21 23 21 50
3 Wycombe Wanderers 25 13 7 5 40 30 12 8 2 2 22 17 13 5 5 3 18 13 10 46
4 Wigan Athletic 21 14 3 4 40 20 11 6 2 3 15 10 10 8 1 1 25 10 20 45
5 Oxford United 25 12 7 6 40 27 14 8 4 2 27 13 11 4 3 4 13 14 13 43
6 Plymouth Argyle 24 12 7 5 38 25 12 7 3 2 18 11 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 43
7 Milton Keynes Dons 24 11 7 6 43 30 12 6 3 3 17 13 12 5 4 3 26 17 13 40
8 Portsmouth 23 10 7 6 28 22 11 6 3 2 16 10 12 4 4 4 12 12 6 37
9 Sheffield Wednesday 24 9 10 5 30 27 10 5 4 1 15 8 14 4 6 4 15 19 3 37
10 Ipswich Town 25 9 8 8 43 34 13 5 6 2 23 18 12 4 2 6 20 16 9 35
11 Accrington Stanley 25 10 5 10 31 40 13 7 2 4 20 19 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 35
12 Burton Albion 24 9 5 10 29 30 12 7 2 3 22 13 12 2 3 7 7 17 -1 32
13 Cheltenham Town 25 7 9 9 31 44 13 5 4 4 16 21 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 30
14 Charlton Athletic 24 8 5 11 30 29 13 5 3 5 19 15 11 3 2 6 11 14 1 29
15 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 5 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 1 2 9 9 17 -3 29
16 Cambridge United 24 6 9 9 32 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 11 3 3 5 17 20 -6 27
17 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 5 11 30 35 10 4 4 2 16 15 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 26
18 AFC Wimbledon 21 6 7 8 30 35 9 2 5 2 15 15 12 4 2 6 15 20 -5 25
19 Lincoln City 23 6 7 10 26 31 12 3 3 6 12 16 11 3 4 4 14 15 -5 25
20 Fleetwood Town 24 6 7 11 37 43 12 4 2 6 20 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -6 25
21 Morecambe 24 6 5 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 11 2 1 8 15 27 -15 23
22 Gillingham 24 3 9 12 18 38 11 2 3 6 7 18 13 1 6 6 11 20 -20 18
23 Crewe Alexandra 24 4 6 14 22 43 11 3 3 5 12 18 13 1 3 9 10 25 -21 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 24 4 4 16 16 44 12 4 3 5 10 14 12 0 1 11 6 30 -28 16

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