FM Preview: Aldershot Town v Burton Albion 01 Nov 2011

Last updated : 31 October 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Aldershot Town v Burton Albion fixture

Burton Albion face a trip to Aldershot Town at The EBB Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Brewers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them being consigned to defeat by opponents in 4 of the 7 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2011, with Burton Albion inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Shots in a League Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 23 Apr Aldershot Tn. 1 - 2 Burton Albion League Two
2010/2011 Tue 23 Nov Burton Albion 1 - 2 Aldershot Tn. League Two
2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Aldershot Tn. 0 - 2 Burton Albion League Two
2009/2010 Sat 12 Dec Burton Albion 6 - 1 Aldershot Tn. League Two
2007/2008 Sat 12 Apr Aldershot Tn. 1 - 0 Burton Albion (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Sat 13 Oct Burton Albion 2 - 0 Aldershot Tn. (Conference) Premier
2006/2007 Sat 27 Jan Aldershot Tn. 3 - 2 Burton Albion Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Aldershot Town's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Shots have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Burton Albion's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Brewers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.

Aldershot Town find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 15 matches.

Burton Albion lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League Two, picking up 26 from their 15 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Aldershot Town 6 2 0 4 11 12 6
Burton Albion 6 3 1 2 12 11 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Burton Albion are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Aldershot Town 7 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 11 .
Burton Albion 4 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.

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