Only a win will satisfy the Peterborough United supporters in this London Road Stadium clash with Burton Albion, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
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.
Peterborough United form and stats
Perfect League One season at home so far for Peterborough United 3 wins from 3 appearances. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Peterborough has won five games in a row. The Sunderland match was the last time out without a victory.
It's back home for Peterborough, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hull City away with the result 2-1. Siriki Dembele and Jonson Clarke-Harris found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Wigan Athletic and winning 1-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shrewsbury Town are coming to town in four days.
The Peterborough United manager D. Ferguson has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. From these home matches, Peterborough have conceded only 2 goals.
Burton Albion form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (16) in League One, on their League One travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Burton played 1-1 against AFC Wimbledon in their previous match. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Rochdale.
A quick return to home after this game, as Burton are hosting Blackpool in the League One only four days away.
Burton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Burton have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Peterborough four wins, two draws and Burton Albion two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke-Harris 4 goals | S. Dembele 2 goals |  J. Brayford 2 goals |
Peterborough United missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Peterborough United | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 38% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | 41 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 72 |
| 40 | 15 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 30% | 47% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
- All of Burton Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Peterborough United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burton Albion has the most conceded goals (16) in League One
- Burton Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
- Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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.
- Burton Albion is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (9) in League One
- Peterborough United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Peterborough United is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Hull City | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |