Home advantage could prove decisive in Peterborough United - Milton Keynes Dons battle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Thu 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Weston Homes Stadium (15314 seats)

Peterborough United are pursuing the top positions while Milton Keynes Dons are more concerned with avoiding relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Peterborough United nor Milton Keynes Dons 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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Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United are steadily winning League One games and points here at Weston Homes Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

Peterborough shared the glory with Charlton Athletic in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The talented striker Poku outshone all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Poku hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Ipswich Town.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Wycombe Wanderers in only three days. This game is also played here at Weston Homes Stadium.

Goals decide football matches and Peterborough United are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Peterborough United have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Keynes have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jamie Cumming. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

The regulars enjoyed Milton Keynes Dons's previous game versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 22nd), a 1-0 win played at home. Cumming (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.11. Cumming topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before was the Carabao Cup-battle against Leicester City, a home defeat (0-3). Milton Keynes Dons are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Plymouth Argyle.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Keynes have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. 11 goals have been conceded by Milton Keynes Dons in these games. Milton Keynes Dons has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Peterborough have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Milton Keynes Dons.

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met earlier this campaign; Milton Keynes Dons - Peterborough United 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
13 goals
Milton Keynes DonsW. Grigg
W. Grigg
5 goals
Milton Keynes DonsB. Johnson
B. Johnson
5 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Peterborough United Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 5 Played P 2 10 22
10 7 4 Won W 0 4 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 2 0 Lost L 2 5 13
37 22 12 Scored S 1 12 22
28 6 3 Conceded C 6 11 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
82% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 68%
64% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 45%
32% 30% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 23%
18% 10% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
59% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 45%
23% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 23%
18% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 36%
 
6.1 6.9 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.7 4.2
4 3.4 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.6 5.1
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.3 17.1 19.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9 9.8
4.5 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.1 4
37% 45% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 25%
 
10 7.2 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 14.7 13.5
3.3 2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.3 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League One
  • Peterborough United have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League One
  • Peterborough United have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in League One
  • Peterborough United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Plymouth Argyle 23 15 5 3 42 25 11 10 0 1 21 8 12 5 5 2 21 17 17 50
2 Ipswich Town 23 14 6 3 44 22 12 7 4 1 22 9 11 7 2 2 22 13 22 48
3 Sheffield Wednesday 22 12 7 3 36 17 11 6 4 1 23 11 11 6 3 2 13 6 19 43
4 Barnsley 21 11 4 6 28 17 10 6 1 3 15 9 11 5 3 3 13 8 11 37
5 Bolton Wanderers 21 10 5 6 26 19 11 7 2 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 35
6 Wycombe Wanderers 23 10 5 8 30 25 12 6 3 3 19 12 11 4 2 5 11 13 5 35
7 Derby County 21 9 7 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 11 3 5 3 10 7 11 34
8 Peterborough United 22 10 2 10 37 28 10 7 1 2 22 6 12 3 1 8 15 22 9 32
9 Port Vale 22 9 5 8 24 29 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 4 2 5 11 18 -5 32
10 Bristol Rovers 23 8 7 8 35 37 11 4 4 3 16 17 12 4 3 5 19 20 -2 31
11 Portsmouth 20 7 9 4 26 22 10 3 6 1 14 10 10 4 3 3 12 12 4 30
12 Shrewsbury Town 22 8 5 9 23 25 11 5 2 4 13 13 11 3 3 5 10 12 -2 29
13 Exeter City 23 7 7 9 33 33 12 5 3 4 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 17 0 28
14 Lincoln City 21 6 9 6 21 26 10 2 8 0 11 8 11 4 1 6 10 18 -5 27
15 Fleetwood Town 21 5 11 5 23 21 10 2 5 3 9 8 11 3 6 2 14 13 2 26
16 Oxford United 22 6 8 8 26 25 10 3 3 4 13 11 12 3 5 4 13 14 1 26
17 Charlton Athletic 22 5 10 7 32 31 12 4 5 3 22 16 10 1 5 4 10 15 1 25
18 Cheltenham Town 21 7 4 10 16 23 11 5 1 5 11 13 10 2 3 5 5 10 -7 25
19 Cambridge United 22 7 3 12 21 33 12 5 2 5 11 14 10 2 1 7 10 19 -12 24
20 Accrington Stanley 21 5 7 9 21 32 11 2 5 4 14 18 10 3 2 5 7 14 -11 22
21 Milton Keynes Dons 22 6 3 13 22 31 12 2 2 8 10 20 10 4 1 5 12 11 -9 21
22 Forest Green Rovers 23 5 5 13 19 44 11 4 0 7 8 18 12 1 5 6 11 26 -25 20
23 Burton Albion 23 4 7 12 30 44 12 3 4 5 14 19 11 1 3 7 16 25 -14 19
24 Morecambe 22 2 9 11 17 34 10 1 5 4 7 15 12 1 4 7 10 19 -17 15

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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.