Burton Albion 4-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Burton Albion 4-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Burton Albion 4-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Burton Albion defeated Bristol Rovers 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Antony Evans opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Beryly Lubala (26'), Beryly Lubala (43'), Joe Powell (81') and Kwadwo Baah (84'). Bristol Rovers scored through Antony Evans (7').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 13th on 16 points from 13 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 15 points from 11. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 20th with 46 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Beryly Lubala of Burton Albion (8.8), ahead of Kwadwo Baah (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Antony EvansBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Jasper MoonBurton Albion
  • 26'Goal · Beryly LubalaBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Beryly LubalaBurton Albion · 2-1
  • 64'Red card · Ryan WoodsBristol Rovers
  • 70'Yellow card · Max CrocombeBurton Albion
  • 81'Goal · Joe PowellBurton Albion · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Kwadwo BaahBurton Albion · 4-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Mark HelmBurton Albion
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Lamare BogardeBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burton Albion 5, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Max Crocombe, Tom Hamer, Jasper Moon, Ryan Sweeney, Steve Seddon, Joe Powell, Kwadwo Baah, Ciaran Gilligan, Deji Oshilaja, Mark Helm, Beryly Lubala

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Matthew Cox, James Gibbons, Connor Taylor, Joshua Grant, Harvey Vale, Antony Evans, Ryan Woods, Grant Ward, Scott Sinclair, Chris Martin, Aaron Collins