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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 4-1 · Referee Sam Mulhall

Burton Albion v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Burton Albion's last 10 home games and Northampton Town's last 9 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 19, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 19, with 10.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Burton Albion's 20 League One games and Northampton Town's 20 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Burton Albion v Northampton Town, full match

50%

Possession

50%

2.85

Expected goals (xG)

1.48

15

Shots

13

8

Shots on target

2

5

Corners

7

12

Fouls

8

3

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

3'

Penalty

Jake Beesley BUR

23'

Goal

Jack Armer BUR

28'

Own goal

Max Dyche BUR

39'

Goal

Tom Eaves NOR

44'

Goal

Tyrese Shade BUR

51'

Yellow card

Ethan Wheatley NOR

56'

Yellow card

Dylan Williams BUR

59'

Yellow card

Terence Vancooten BUR

75'

Yellow card

Jack Burroughs NOR

77'

Yellow card

George Evans BUR

84'

Goal

Tyrese Shade BUR

At a glance

Burton Albion

17th in the table

D

L

W

Northampton Town

24th in the table

W

L

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Burton Albion's home games and Northampton Town's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Burton Albion's last 10 home games and Northampton Town's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

21%

4/19 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

58%

11/19 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

47%

9/19 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

16%

3/19 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

53%

10/19 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

42%

8/19 games · League 56%

Burton Albion clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Northampton Town clean sheet

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Burton Albion fail to score

70%

7/10 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

44%

4/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.1

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 10.0

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Burton Albion

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

24

Brad Collins

DEFENDERS

3

5

12

15

16

MIDFIELDERS

4

Kgagelo Chauke

19

Dylan Williams

22

Julian Larsson

FORWARDS

9

Jake Beesley

10

Tyrese Shade

SUBSTITUTES

27

14

39

38

41

50

56

Northampton Town

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

34

Ross Fitzsimons

DEFENDERS

3

Conor McCarthy

7

Sam Hoskins

12

Nesta Guinness-Walker

15

Jordan Thorniley

35

Max Dyche

MIDFIELDERS

8

Cameron McGeehan

11

Kamarai Swyer

23

Terry Taylor

FORWARDS

9

Tom Eaves

19

Ethan Wheatley

SUBSTITUTES

1

2

6

18

4

10

22

Referee: Sam Mulhall

3 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

24.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BUR

NOR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.2

2.1

2.5

Over 0.5

85%

17/20

90%

18/20

88%

35/40

95%

Over 1.5

55%

11/20

65%

13/20

60%

24/40

72%

Over 2.5

50%

10/20

40%

8/20

45%

18/40

49%

Over 3.5

25%

5/20

15%

3/20

20%

8/40

23%

Over 4.5

5%

1/20

0%

0/20

3%

1/40

10%

Bet

BUR

NOR

Match

League

Yes

35%

7/20

40%

8/20

38%

15/40

51%

Yes and win

10%

2/20

15%

3/20

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

30%

6/20

35%

7/20

33%

13/40

38%

Yes and draw

15%

3/20

5%

1/20

10%

4/40

18%

Yes and loss

10%

2/20

20%

4/20

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/20

0%

0/20

0%

0/40

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Bet

BUR

NOR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.8

9.5

10.2

9.9

Over 7.5

90%

18/20

75%

15/20

83%

33/40

75%

Over 8.5

75%

15/20

60%

12/20

68%

27/40

61%

Over 9.5

60%

12/20

40%

8/20

50%

20/40

48%

Over 10.5

55%

11/20

35%

7/20

45%

18/40

39%

Over 11.5

35%

7/20

35%

7/20

35%

14/40

32%

Over 12.5

15%

3/20

10%

2/20

13%

5/40

22%

Referee Sam Mulhall: 5.0 cards and 24.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

BUR

NOR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.8

Over 2.5

65%

13/20

75%

15/20

70%

28/40

76%

Over 3.5

50%

10/20

45%

9/20

48%

19/40

54%

Over 4.5

35%

7/20

25%

5/20

30%

12/40

31%

Over 5.5

30%

6/20

15%

3/20

23%

9/40

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Sam Hoskins

15 starts · 0.3 per 90

13%

2/15

27%

4/15

0%

0/15

0%

0/15

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Burton Albion

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Stevenage

(A)

2-2

D

13 Dec

Wycombe Wanderers

(H)

0-0

D

2 Dec

Wigan Athletic

(A)

0-1

L

29 Nov

Leyton Orient

(H)

0-4

L

15 Nov

Blackpool

(H)

1-0

W

Northampton Town

Last 5 games before this match

19 Dec

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

3-1

W

13 Dec

Peterborough United

(A)

1-2

L

9 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(H)

1-1

D

29 Nov

Plymouth Argyle

(A)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Cardiff City

(H)

1-3

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Burton Albion and Northampton Town haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Burton Albion v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Burton Albion

Northampton Town

Referee: Sam Mulhall

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Burton Albion

Northampton Town

Head to head

League One table