League One duel: Close contest expected between Morecambe and Burton Albion

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mazuma Stadium (6476 seats)

Keep working on their own playing style or look more at the opponent? Both Morecambe and Burton Albion must try something separate than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals (79) in League One
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Morecambe form and stats

Morecambe have collected 22 points from their League One home games so far after 5-7-7. 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 twelve attempts.

No payout for Morecambe in their previous match, an away game at Wigan Athletic that ended in defeat 1-4. McLoughlin (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.03/10. McLoughlin dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Morecambe lost 0-5 at Shrewsbury Town'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 Morecambe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost three.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Morecambe as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Oxford United are visiting.

Morecambe has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 32 goals have been conceded.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-4-12 (20 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Hasselbaink, the Burton Albion manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Burton as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Charlton Athletic. Midfielder Borthwick-Jackson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Borthwick-Jackson hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Fleetwood Town.

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

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Burton Albion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 36 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Burton Albion - Morecambe 3-2 was the story when this pair of squads formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Morecambe wins - draws - Burton Albion wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
19 goals
MorecambeJ. Ayunga
J. Ayunga
5 goals
MorecambeA. Phillips
A. Phillips
5 goals

Morecambe missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Burton Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 5 20 39
7 5 2 Won W 3 4 13
11 7 2 Drew D 1 4 8
21 7 2 Lost L 1 12 18
47 27 11 Scored S 7 17 48
79 32 10 Conceded C 5 36 60
95% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
87% 84% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 82%
56% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 51%
44% 37% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 28%
23% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 13%
62% 63% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 55% 59%
13% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 15%
31% 21% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 35% 28%
 
4.2 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.8 5.6
6.3 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.9 6.1
1.5 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.4 11.5 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 11.9 13.2
3.5 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.3 3.8
35% 42% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 26% 32%
 
14.7 13.1 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 15.8 13.9
4.6 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.5 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals (79) in League One
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in League One

  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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

Burton Albion:
England:
Table
  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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

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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.