📊 Form Guide

Burton Albion

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Burton Albion are hoping to win again following the 1-2 League One victory against Stevenage.

For Burton Albion, the goals were scored by Mark Helm (45') and Tom Hamer (76'). Kane Hemmings (88') scored for Stevenage.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Burton Albion have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Burton Albion have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals along the way.

Going into this contest, Burton Albion are unbeaten in the league by Cheltenham Town in their previous 9 games. A long run without a loss.

Cheltenham Town

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Since a loss in their previous game against Bristol Rovers in League One action, Cheltenham Town will be hoping to turn things around here.

The only scorer from Cheltenham Town was Liam Sercombe (94'). Scott Sinclair (12'), Brandon Aguilera (56') and Elkan Baggott (77') scored for Bristol Rovers.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cheltenham Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Cheltenham Town have been far from perfect. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, however.

Looking at their past form shows that Cheltenham Town:

• have not emerged victorious against Burton Albion when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 07/02/2015 shows us that Burton Albion have won 2 of these games and Cheltenham Town 0, with the tally of drawn results standing at 4.

A total of 9 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 from The Brewers and 3 for The Robins. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The last league meeting featuring the two was League One match day 36 on 02/03/2024 and the score finished Cheltenham Town 0-0 Burton Albion.

The referee was Thomas Parsons.

📰 Team News: Burton Albion

The Burton Albion manager Martin Paterson will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all before this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad ready to go.

📋 Team News: Cheltenham Town

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Cheltenham Town gaffer Darrell Clarke to be concerned about. Robert Street (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cheltenham Town and Burton Albion may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 draw at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 16/04/2024