This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Northampton Town holding 23rd place and Burton Albion lying 24th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
- Burton Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in League One
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wigan Athletic, was also a home game here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM. The away team is better rested.
Northampton Town form and stats
With 3 League One wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in League One, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 360 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Rose was the last player to find the net.
The Northampton fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM: A 0-1 defeat against Wigan Athletic (placed 21st). Before that, Northampton played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Accrington Stanley.
This is expected to be a close game, with Northampton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Northampton as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Northampton Town has won seven of these, drawn two and lost four.
The manager K. Curle will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ipswich Town in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Northampton here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 13 games). Northampton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-5-6 (12 played).
Burton are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League One against Hull City (placed 2nd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Ipswich Town.
Jonny Smith came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Hull City last time out, making the manager J. Hasselbaink feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Burton in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Burton Albion, four draws and five defeats.
Burton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Burton have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Northampton and Burton Albion have met before this season: Burton Albion - Northampton Town 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Northampton victories, one draw and four 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
  K. Hemmings 8 goals |  L. Akins 5 goals |  S. Hoskins 3 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Northampton Town | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 41 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 51 |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 46% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 27% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 36% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 24% |
| 38% | 23% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 69% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 8.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 26% | 31% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 43% | 45% |
- Burton Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in League One
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (8) at home in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 52 |
| 2 | Hull City | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 48 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 41 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 41 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 40 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 38 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 14 | Milton Keynes Dons | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 34 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 33 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -18 | 25 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 24 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -20 | 24 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -21 | 24 |
| 23 | Northampton Town | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 24 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 19 |