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Tranmere Rovers v Burton Albion : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 12th Aug, 19:45 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Lee Bowyer leads his Burton Albion charges to the Prenton Park in the League Cup on Tuesday evening, with Andy Woodman's Tranmere Rovers their rivals. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our tip on this fixture, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Tranmere and Burton's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Tranmere are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Tranmere
43%
6/55/4
Draw
25%
27/1013/5
Burton
32%
2/12/1
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
Tranmere 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Tranmere 1-0
9%
8/17/1
Burton 2-1
8%
10/117/2
Burton 1-0
7%
9/117/2
Tranmere 2-0
7%
10/19/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
Draw 0-0
6%
11/19/1
Burton 2-0
5%
14/112/1
Tranmere 3-1
5%
16/112/1
Tranmere 3-0
4%
20/116/1
Burton 3-1
3%
22/116/1
Tranmere 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Burton 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Burton 3-0
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
4/53/4
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
1/11/1
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/55/6
Away 1st Goal
47%
11/1023/20
No 1st Goal
3%
11/19/1
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/613/20
BTTS - No
42%
11/1023/20
BTTS - Home Win
22%
10/329/10
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/210/3
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/24/1
Home/draw
68%
4/114/11
Away/draw
57%
4/68/13
Home/away
75%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/41/4
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/411/4
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
2/19/5
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
4/112/5
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
5/14/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/81/7
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/117/2
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/25
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/19/1
Home DNB
61%
8/138/13
Away DNB
49%
6/523/20
Tranmere win to nil
21%
3/1-
Burton win to nil
15%
9/2-
Tranmere / Tranmere
23%
13/512/5
Tranmere / Burton
3%
28/120/1
Tranmere / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Tranmere
14%
9/29/2
Draw / Burton
12%
6/111/2
Draw / Draw
15%
9/217/4
Burton / Tranmere
4%
22/118/1
Burton / Burton
17%
4/118/5
Burton / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Win / draw / win form
Tranmere
20 games
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Burton
20 games
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goal Statistics
Tranmere Burton
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
7%
There is a 79% probability that Tranmere will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Burton will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.2
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Burton
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
TRA
BAL
14%
better
view stats
Games scored14
16
Failed to score6
4
Scored first7
10
Goals scored26
26
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
19
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
TRA
BAL
3%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
14
Clean sheets7
6
Conceded first10
8
Goals conceded25
26
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against18%
15%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.5
KickOff rating
+3%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Tranmere v Burton will show here when available.

Tranmere League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Murphy GLK
-
L McGee GLK
-
E Bristow DEF
-
P Brough DEF
-
N Smith DEF
-
L O'Connor DEF
-
J Turnbull DEF
-
C Norman DEF
-
J Garrett MID
-
S Finley MID
-
J Williams MID
-
N Kenneh MID
-
K Dennis FWD
-
C Jennings FWD
-
S Taylor FWD
-
H Saunders FWD
-
O Patrick FWD
-
J Davison FWD
-
S Solomon FWD
-
Burton League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Amissah GLK
-
H Isted GLK
-
K. Dudek GLK
-
T Sibbick DEF
-
J. Taroni DEF
-
O Dodgson DEF
-
K Lofthouse DEF
-
D Willis DEF
-
G Bajrami DEF
-
U Godwin-Malife DEF
-
J Sraha DEF
-
T Vancooten DEF
-
N. Akoto DEF
-
J Armer DEF
-
F Delap DEF
-
K Chauke MID
-
J Jones MID
-
C Gilligan MID
-
A Forde MID
-
J McKiernan MID
-
C Webster MID
-
T Shade FWD
-
J Beesley FWD
-
J. Newall FWD
-
F Tavares FWD
-
J. Larsson FWD
-
T Kalinauskas FWD
-
R Burrell FWD
-
D Scott FWD
-
J Niemczyk FWD
-
J Cooper-Love FWD
-