The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Hull City leading Burton Albion by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hull City form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Hull City at their home stadium (KCOM Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Hull City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Harrogate Town away with the result 2-0. J. Scott and C. Jones found the net in that victory. Before that, Hull had a FA Cup home game versus Fleetwood Town which ended with a victory 2-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hull, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Grimsby Town is only three days away.
Hull City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Hull have only let in 2 goals at home.
Burton Albion form and stats
There's been little loot from Burton Albion's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the League One. Burton Albion, who have the most conceded goals (21) in League One, only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. It's three draws from Burton's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Burton Albion's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fulham U21 (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Barnet's place.
Burton find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Burton Albion have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Hull won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Burton Albion has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  K. Lewis-Potter 6 goals |   K. Hemmings 5 goals |  M. Wilks 4 goals |
Hull City missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Hull City | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 83% | 82% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 126 | 45 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 60 | 108 |
| 50 | 17 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 32% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | 38% |
- All of Burton Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burton Albion has the most conceded goals (21) in League One
- Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Burton Albion have yet to win a game away.
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hull City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hull City 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 | Peterborough United | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
- Hull City
- Hull Daily Mail - (local newspaper)
- Burton Albion
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)