FootyMAD's Burton Albion match preview

Last updated : 12 October 2008 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Burton Albion v Mansfield Town fixture

Mansfield Town face a trip to Burton Albion at The Pirelli Stadium on Monday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent respective form guides

Burton Albion are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Brewers, with 10 goals against.

In complete contrast to Burton Albion, Mansfield Town are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Stags have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Burton Albion's total of 25 points from their 14 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier. Mansfield Town's 21 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Burton Albion63219611
Mansfield Town61147104

FootyMad's prediction ...

Stags are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Burton Albion. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Burton Albion Unbeaten in the last 12 home games.
Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Mansfield Town 5 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.