Álvaro Hernández
Dailysports's expert
February 15, Memorial Stadium will host the match of the 32nd round of English League One, in which Bristol Rovers will play against Burton. I offer a bet on goals/cards/winner for this match.
Bristol Rovers
The team has never managed to reach the top tier of English football in its entire history. Moreover, in the middle of the last decade, a sharp decline led them to the Conference, the fifth tier of English football. However, they managed to recover, and now the "Pirates" are trying to establish themselves in League One. Last season, they finished only 15th at this level.
Currently, Iñigo Calderón's men are trying to improve at least somewhat, and there have been some successes in the past month and at the beginning of the new one. They secured consecutive wins against Cambridge and Barnsley, and after suffering away defeats to Wigan and Charlton, they managed to overcome Peterborough at home. In their latest match, they shared the points with Stockport in a 1-1 draw.
Burton
In the past decade, the club showed steady progress, even managing to reach the Championship. However, after that, there was a slow but stable decline. Last spring, they narrowly avoided relegation to the fourth tier, finishing in 20th place.
It seemed that relegation was only postponed for a year. But in December, Boyer took over as manager. After spending some time analyzing the problems and searching for solutions, he started consistently picking up points in January and even secured consecutive wins against Wigan, Rotherham, and Reading before playing out a goalless draw at Barnsley. Against Blackpool, they exchanged goals and finished 1-1.
Match facts
- Bristol Rovers are unbeaten in their last two matches.
- On average, Bristol Rovers score 1 goal and concede 1.55 goals per match.
- Burton has won three of their last five matches.
Head to Head
The "Yellow-Blacks" won three consecutive meetings. However, in October, the "Pirates" claimed a 3-1 victory away.
Bristol Rovers vs Burton Prediction
Bookmakers are quite favorable to the home side. However, the visitors have been consistently picking up points – let's believe they won't lose here either (odds – 1.6).
