League One duel: Close contest expected between Milton Keynes Dons and Peterborough United

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

The visiting Peterborough United side should be favourites in this visit to Milton Keynes Dons, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
  • Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (9) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Milton nor Peterborough United 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.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Milton Keynes Dons so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Milton.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Burton Albion in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Milton Keynes Dons had a EFL Trophy home game versus Norwich City U21 which ended with a victory 6-0.

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 eight matches with the results: Won six, drawn zero and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Milton as they are travelling to their away game against Plymouth Argyle in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

The Milton Keynes Dons fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Playing away, Peterborough United have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the League One this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Peterborough's last three away games as they have all been lost.

The supporters enjoyed Peterborough's previous game versus Rochdale (placed 20th), a League One 4-1 win played at home. Before that, Peterborough secured a home win against West Ham United U21 with the score 3-0.

It was a convincing performance from Peterborough United when Rochdale were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-1 and the second half was comfortable. Nathan Thompson and Jonson Clarke-Harris (3) scored their goals. Jonson Clarke-Harris certainly enjoyed Peterborough's last game versus Rochdale, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Peterborough in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Peterborough United, two draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Peterborough United are hosting Ipswich Town in the League One only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Peterborough as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Peterborough have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Milton Keynes Dons-Peterborough United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Milton Keynes Dons four wins, Peterborough United five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals
MiltonS. Fraser
S. Fraser
6 goals
Peterborough UnitedS. Dembele
S. Dembele
5 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
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 17
4 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
6 4 1 Drew D 0 0 1
7 2 2 Lost L 0 5 6
19 11 3 Scored S 3 8 28
22 10 6 Conceded C 0 10 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 82%
41% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 47%
18% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
65% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 47%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 29%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.9 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.2 13.5
3.9 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.8
29% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Milton Keynes Dons's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (9) in League One
  • 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 Hull City 16 11 1 4 27 13 7 5 0 2 8 4 9 6 1 2 19 9 14 34
2 Lincoln City 16 10 2 4 20 14 8 5 0 3 11 10 8 5 2 1 9 4 6 32
3 Portsmouth 17 9 4 4 30 15 9 4 2 3 14 8 8 5 2 1 16 7 15 31
4 Peterborough United 17 10 1 6 28 18 8 6 1 1 20 8 9 4 0 5 8 10 10 31
5 Charlton Athletic 16 9 3 4 25 16 7 4 1 2 12 8 9 5 2 2 13 8 9 30
6 Ipswich Town 17 9 2 6 21 18 9 6 0 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 3 29
7 Doncaster Rovers 15 8 3 4 27 17 8 5 2 1 17 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 10 27
8 Sunderland 16 7 6 3 22 13 8 3 2 3 8 9 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 27
9 Fleetwood Town 17 8 2 7 26 16 9 5 2 2 15 6 8 3 0 5 11 10 10 26
10 Accrington Stanley 14 8 2 4 21 17 7 5 1 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 12 11 4 26
11 Crewe Alexandra 17 7 2 8 20 18 9 5 1 3 14 8 8 2 1 5 6 10 2 23
12 Gillingham 16 7 2 7 18 19 9 4 1 4 10 11 7 3 1 3 8 8 -1 23
13 Blackpool 16 7 2 7 16 18 8 4 1 3 8 8 8 3 1 4 8 10 -2 23
14 AFC Wimbledon 16 5 5 6 22 26 7 2 2 3 12 14 9 3 3 3 10 12 -4 20
15 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 18 24 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 -6 19
16 Plymouth Argyle 16 5 4 7 21 30 9 5 2 2 15 13 7 0 2 5 6 17 -9 19
17 Milton Keynes Dons 17 4 6 7 19 22 8 2 4 2 11 10 9 2 2 5 8 12 -3 18
18 Northampton Town 17 5 3 9 16 27 9 2 2 5 5 12 8 3 1 4 11 15 -11 18
19 Oxford United 16 4 4 8 16 24 7 2 2 3 8 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -8 16
20 Rochdale 16 4 4 8 17 26 8 1 4 3 6 11 8 3 0 5 11 15 -9 16
21 Swindon Town 17 5 1 11 21 33 9 4 0 5 10 12 8 1 1 6 11 21 -12 16
22 Shrewsbury Town 16 2 8 6 17 24 8 0 5 3 10 13 8 2 3 3 7 11 -7 14
23 Wigan Athletic 16 4 2 10 15 25 8 2 2 4 11 13 8 2 0 6 4 12 -10 14
24 Burton Albion 17 2 7 8 21 31 8 2 2 4 12 15 9 0 5 4 9 16 -10 13

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