Burton Albion vs Gillingham Live Stream, Predictions

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Burton Albion

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Burton Albion go into this match after a 0-0 League One stalemate against Bolton Wanderers.

Over their last six fixtures, Jimmy Hasselbaink's Burton Albion have scored a combined total of 5 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Burton Albion:

• have not been beaten in the league by Gillingham in their previous 4 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Gillingham

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Gillingham go into this match after a 0-1 EFL Trophy win with the downing of Colchester United in their most recent outing.

Looking at their form, and Gillingham have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 6 goals in all. At the back, Gillingham have seen their frailties exposed.

Pre-game facts show that Gillingham:

• have not beaten Burton Albion when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• remain unbeaten by Burton Albion when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 11/08/2018, there has been little between the sides with Burton Albion winning 2 of those games, Gillingham 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 for The Brewers and 8 for The Gills. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league clash between the two was League One match day 45 on 01/05/2021 which ended up with the score at Burton Albion 1-1 Gillingham.

The referee was Ben Toner.

📋 Team News: Burton Albion

The Burton Albion boss Jimmy Hasselbaink doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully healthy squad available to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Gillingham

Thanks to a fully healthy group to choose from, the Gillingham manager Steve Evans doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Gillingham have the firepower to put a goal past this Burton Albion side, although that possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Burton Albion after the 90. Definitely a tough call.

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Victor Martins, 23:34 06/09/2021