Accrington Stanley 2-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-0 Burton Albion

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-0 Burton Albion: match report

Accrington Stanley won against Burton Albion 2-0 in the League One on Sunday 29 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sean McConville opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Sean McConville (39') and Ross Sykes (65'). Burton Albion did not score.

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 16th on 26 points from 22 and Burton Albion 13th on 30 points from 21. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Burton Albion 12th with 48.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Burton Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean McConville of Accrington Stanley (9.6), ahead of Ross Sykes (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Sean McConvilleAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Jerome OpokuAccrington Stanley
  • 62'Yellow card · Richard NarteyBurton Albion
  • 65'Goal · Ross SykesAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Sam FinleyAccrington Stanley
  • 90+1'Yellow card · L. AkinsBurton Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 3, draws 2, Burton Albion 5.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-3-1-2)

Josef Bursik, Callum Johnson, Ross Sykes, Mark Hughes, Jerome Opoku, Jordan Clark, Ben Barclay, Sean McConville, Sam Finley, Offrande Zanzala, Dion Charles

Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Richard Nartey, Jake Buxton, Colin Daniel, Ryan Edwards, S. Quinn, Oliver Sarkic, S. Fraser, Lucas Akins, Liam Boyce