Peterborough United vs Burton Albion Prediction & Preview
League One returns on Saturday with Peterborough United and Burton Albion meeting at the Weston Homes Stadium, a fixture that arrives with the two clubs going in opposite directions after last weekend. Peterborough won 3-1 away to Leicester City on 10 October. Burton lost 0-1 away to Doncaster Rovers on the same day. Full details, plus the form behind the Peterborough United vs Burton Albion prediction, are below.
- Fixture: Peterborough United v Burton Albion
- Competition: League One
- Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough
Peterborough United form before the Burton Albion game
Peterborough United have taken 7 points from their last six matches, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3, and their most recent outing was that 3-1 win away to Leicester City. It was a sharp change of tone. The two League One games before it brought a 0-1 defeat away to Stockport County on 26 September and a 0-2 home defeat by Doncaster Rovers on 19 September, and in between all of that sat the strangest result on either club's recent record: a 10-9 win at home to Barnsley in the EFL Cup on 15 September.
Nothing about this Peterborough side is tight at the back. They have kept no clean sheets in those six matches and conceded two or more in 3 of them, with 15 scored and 16 conceded across the run. At home they have won 1 of 3.
Burton Albion have stopped scoring
Burton Albion have 5 points from their last six and have scored just 6 goals in them, failing to score in 2. That is the problem Gary Bowyer has to solve at the Weston Homes Stadium. Their last win came on 26 September, 1-0 away to Plymouth Argyle, and it remains their only clean sheet in the six.
Since then: a 1-3 home defeat by Huddersfield Town on 3 October and the 0-1 loss at Doncaster Rovers on 10 October. Burton have conceded two or more in 4 of their last six, and they have won 0 of their last 3 at home while winning 1 of 3 on the road, which makes the away form marginally the better half of a thin picture.
What happened the last time Peterborough United played Burton Albion?
Peterborough United and Burton Albion drew 1-1 at the Weston Homes Stadium in League One, with Peterborough at home, on 19 April 2026 - 181 days before Saturday's match. One goal each, one point each, and nothing between them.
Team news
Robbie Savage was appointed Peterborough United manager on 2 October 2026 (Sky Sports) and will be without Ben Woods for the visit of Burton Albion, the midfielder having been sent for a scan after swelling on his knee following his substitute appearance at Leicester City (Peterborough Telegraph). Burton Albion's own preview before the Doncaster Rovers game had Gbemi Arubi and Mark O'Mahony working their way back, Joe Lewis out with a broken toe and Kyran Lofthouse ruled out for at least a few more weeks (Burton Albion FC).
Peterborough United vs Burton Albion prediction
Our prediction is a 2-1 Peterborough United win over Burton Albion in League One at the Weston Homes Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026, with the home side carrying far more goal threat than a Burton team beaten in both of its last two matches.
Peterborough's 7 points against Burton's 5 undersells the gap in attacking output, and three goals at Leicester City is the best thing either side has done in weeks. The reason this is not a shutout is Peterborough's defending: no clean sheets in six, both sides scoring in 4 of those six. Burton found a goal against Huddersfield Town and should find one here, but 6 goals in six matches is not a return that wins away at a side in this mood.
Our prediction: Peterborough United 2-1 Burton Albion
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