Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion: match report
Blackburn Rovers drew with Burton Albion 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Craig Conway opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Craig Conway (25') and Sam Gallagher (61'). Burton Albion scored through Jackson Irvine (43') and Tom Naylor (88').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 24th on 0 points from 3 and Burton Albion 12th on 4 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Conway of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Tom Naylor (8.0).
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-L-L and Burton Albion's W-D-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Danny Graham
- 25'Goal · Craig Conway
- 43'Goal · Jackson Irvine
- 49'Yellow card · John Mousinho
- 58'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 61'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 88'Goal · Tom Naylor
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Scott Wharton, Stephen Hendrie, Craig Conway, Jack Byrne, Hope Akpan, Ben Marshall, Danny Graham, Sam Gallagher
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Stuart Beavon, Chris O'Grady