Peterborough United favourites for feisty fight facing Wycombe Wanderers

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 21.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: ABAX Stadium (15314 seats)

Peterborough United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Wycombe Wanderers.

It's no vacation for neither Peterborough United nor Wycombe Wanderers 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

24 points is a decent return from 12 League One games here at ABAX Stadium for Peterborough United. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 242 minutes without scoring a league goal. I. Toney was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Peterborough United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against AFC Wimbledon (placed 19th). Before that, Peterborough United drew at home versus Gillingham.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Peterborough United handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L2.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 12 games), Peterborough United's attacking play is working. Peterborough United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

3-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wycombe Wanderers in their League One matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. Ainsworth, the Wycombe Wanderers manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Wycombe Wanderers's previous game versus Rochdale (placed 18th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. A 0-4 defeat away at Sunderland before that.

Wycombe Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wycombe Wanderers manager G. Ainsworth as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Coventry City.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wycombe Wanderers as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Wycombe Wanderers as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Wycombe Wanderers - Peterborough United 3-3, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Peterborough United won 3, Wycombe Wanderers won 3 and 4 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedI. Toney
I. Toney
15 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Eisa
M. Eisa
13 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Maddison
M. Maddison
9 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Peterborough United Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 12 26
10 7 1 Won W 0 3 13
7 3 2 Drew D 3 5 8
9 2 0 Lost L 1 4 5
44 25 7 Scored S 2 8 34
35 12 4 Conceded C 4 11 27
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 88%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 58% 65%
62% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 31%
46% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 23%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
38% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 38%
38% 58% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 46%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 58% 27%
 
5 5.3 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.7
5.2 4.5 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.2 6 5
1.7 1.5 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 1.6
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
346 173 41 Total Shots T S 42 124 343
130 73 19 Shots on Target S O 11 40 107
34% 34% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 20% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wycombe Wanderers have scored away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most matches under the total-line (18)

  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 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 26 13 8 5 34 27 14 10 3 1 26 16 12 3 5 4 8 11 7 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
6 Sunderland 25 11 8 6 36 24 13 7 5 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
9 Doncaster Rovers 24 10 7 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 9 3 3 3 15 9 12 37
10 Peterborough United 26 10 7 9 44 35 12 7 3 2 25 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 9 37
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

Read more about League One

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.