League One match prediction: Little separates Milton Keynes Dons and Peterborough United in quality

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

The visiting Peterborough United team are probably favourites at Milton Keynes Dons, as the visitors hold a 5 point lead from their ten league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Peterborough United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Milton Keynes Dons so far this season.

Milton Keynes Dons enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Oxford United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Smith and Grigg scoring. The victory against Oxford United came after Grigg's winning goal. The Keynes manager Manning was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 78th minute. Midfielder Harvie was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.15 (out of ten) in that game. Harvie hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Milton Keynes Dons lost 0-2 at home to Bolton Wanderers.

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 Milton Keynes Dons have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Ham United U21 are coming to town in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Milton Keynes Dons here at Stadium mk in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). On the other hand, Keynes have conceded 5 goals.

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Peterborough United form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Peterborough United have produced an overall stat of 1-0-4 so far.

Peterborough United go into this game after a win, the home game against Port Vale that ended 3-0. That win felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. Clarke-Harris, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.92. Clarke-Harris scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

A home win as predicted against Tottenham U21 before that, in the EFL Trophy. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Peterborough United in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Peterborough United, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Peterborough have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Peterborough United have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Milton Keynes Dons.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
7 goals
Peterborough UnitedJ. Marriott
J. Marriott
4 goals
KeynesW. Grigg
W. Grigg
3 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 10
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 2 Lost L 0 4 5
9 3 0 Scored S 3 5 17
11 5 3 Conceded C 2 9 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 10%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 30%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
56% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
3 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6.3
5.4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 4.3
1.1 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 8.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 19 10 13.8
3.6 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 4.3
28% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 33% 40%
 
14.8 12.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.8 10.2
3.8 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 2.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterborough United have created more than twice as many corners as Milton Keynes Dons.
  • Peterborough United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Peterborough United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Peterborough United 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 Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 18 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 10 3 12 21
2 Portsmouth 9 6 3 0 19 8 5 3 2 0 11 5 4 3 1 0 8 3 11 21
3 Sheffield Wednesday 10 6 2 2 20 10 6 3 2 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 6 2 10 20
4 Plymouth Argyle 9 6 1 2 16 11 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 19
5 Barnsley 10 5 2 3 16 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 6 17
6 Bolton Wanderers 9 5 2 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 17
7 Cambridge United 10 5 1 4 14 16 5 4 0 1 9 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 16
8 Peterborough United 10 5 0 5 17 10 5 4 0 1 12 1 5 1 0 4 5 9 7 15
9 Shrewsbury Town 10 4 3 3 11 11 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 2 2 1 6 4 0 15
10 Exeter City 10 4 2 4 16 10 5 3 0 2 8 4 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 14
11 Derby County 9 4 2 3 9 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 14
12 Lincoln City 9 3 4 2 14 14 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 13
13 Accrington Stanley 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 -1 13
14 Fleetwood Town 9 2 6 1 9 8 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 1 12
15 Port Vale 10 3 3 4 10 15 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 1 3 4 10 -5 12
16 Charlton Athletic 10 2 5 3 14 14 4 2 2 0 8 3 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 11
17 Wycombe Wanderers 10 3 2 5 13 15 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 7 12 -2 11
18 Milton Keynes Dons 9 3 1 5 9 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 2 0 3 6 6 -2 10
19 Oxford United 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 -2 10
20 Cheltenham Town 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -4 8
21 Bristol Rovers 10 2 2 6 13 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 -7 8
22 Forest Green Rovers 10 2 2 6 8 22 6 1 0 5 4 14 4 1 2 1 4 8 -14 8
23 Morecambe 10 1 4 5 7 18 5 0 2 3 2 10 5 1 2 2 5 8 -11 7
24 Burton Albion 10 1 1 8 11 24 4 0 0 4 0 9 6 1 1 4 11 15 -13 4

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.