Burton Albion 2-1 Bradford City: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 March 2026
Result
Burton Albion 2-1 Bradford City
League One · Saturday 21 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-1 Bradford City: match report
Burton Albion beat Bradford City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
A. Hartridge opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Burton Albion's goals came from A. Hartridge (41') and T. Shade (58'). Bradford City scored through Tyreik Wright (90+2').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 18th on 43 points from 38 and Bradford City 4th on 65 points from 38. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Bradford City 5th with 77.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Evans of Bradford City (7.7), ahead of Alex Hartridge (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Burton Albion wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Bobby Pointon
- 18'Yellow card
- 41'Goal · A. Hartridge
- 41'Yellow card · Aden Baldwin
- 58'Goal · T. Shade
- 76'Yellow card · Ethan Wheatley
- 77'Yellow card · Jenson Metcalfe
- 90+2'Goal · Tyreik Wright
- 90+7'Yellow card · Matthew Pennington
- 90+9'Yellow card · Brad Collins
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jasper Moon, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Sulyman Krubally, George Evans, Toby Sibbick, Andy Cannon, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade
Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, Curtis Tilt, Josh Neufville, Jenson Metcalfe, Max Power, Tyreik Wright, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Will Swan