Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion: result and report

Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion

Championship · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aston Villa won against Burton Albion 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

L. Bacuna opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from L. Bacuna (15') and Ross McCormack (78'). Burton Albion scored through Jamie Ward (31').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 31 points from 22 and Burton Albion 21st on 23 points from 22. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Palmer of Burton Albion (8.1), ahead of Jamie Ward (7.7).

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Burton Albion's L-L-L-W-D.