Burton Albion 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Friday 21 October 2016
Result
Burton Albion 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Friday 21 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Burton Albion defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Friday 21 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lloyd Dyer opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Lloyd Dyer (32') and Jamie Ward (62'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 16th on 15 points from 13 and Birmingham City 4th on 23 points from 13. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Ward of Burton Albion (8.3), ahead of John Brayford (8.1).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Birmingham City's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · L. Akins
- 32'Goal · Lloyd Dyer
- 36'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
- 41'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 45+1'Yellow card · Jackson Irvine
- 62'Goal · Jamie Ward
- 62'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 69'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Jamie Ward, Chris O'Grady
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
A. Legzdiņš, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Stephen Gleeson, David Cotterill, David Davis, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz