The League One match at Highbury Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Fleetwood Town take to the field against opponents Burton Albion.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Fleetwood Town v Burton Albion can be seen below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Fleetwood Town
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Fleetwood Town will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 League One triumph over Leyton Orient.
The only scorer from Fleetwood Town was Xavier Simons (93').
Charlie Adam's Fleetwood Town have hit the target a sum total of 5 times over their last six outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same games is 11.
Heading into this contest, Fleetwood Town haven't beaten Burton Albion in their previous 2 matches in the league.
Burton Albion
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Burton Albion come into this encounter after a 3-2 League One win versus Reading in their previous outing.
For Burton Albion, the goalscorers were Mason Bennett (5'), Mustapha Carayol (11') and Bobby Kamwa (42'). Lewis Wing (34') and Sam Smith (59') scored for Reading.
Looking at their form, and Burton Albion have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 13 goals in total. Defensively, Burton Albion have clearly had some problems.
Pre-game facts show that Burton Albion:
- remain undefeated by Fleetwood Town when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/04/2021 shows that Fleetwood Town have won 1 of them and Burton Albion 4, with the tally of draws being 1.
A total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for The Fishermen and 13 being from The Brewers. The average goals per game has been 3.5.
The last league encounter featuring these sides was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 and the score finished Burton Albion 1-1 Fleetwood Town.
The referee was Ollie Yates.
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Team News: Fleetwood Town
The Fleetwood Town boss Charlie Adam will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this game owing to a fully healthy group available to select from.
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Team News: Burton Albion
Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Burton Albion manager Martin Paterson has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Burton Albion could find themselves struggling to get anything against this Fleetwood Town lineup who we reckon will score at least once to gain the upper hand.
That’s why we have predicted a narrow 1-0 winning margin for Fleetwood Town at full-time.
Let’s see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
01:05 25/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Fleetwood Town
Formed: 1908
Stadium: Highbury Stadium (5,327)
Captain: Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu
Chairman: Steve Curwood
Manager: Charlie Adam
Competitions: League One position 22
⭐ Star Player: Promise Omochere
Typically used in the Right Wing position, Promise Omochere was born in Rep. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Bohemian FC in the 2020 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 6 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date coming from a total of 33 appearances.