Burton Albion 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016
Result
Burton Albion 2-0 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-0 Cardiff City: match report
Burton Albion won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Jackson Irvine (12') and L. Akins (49'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 16th on 11 points from 10 and Cardiff City 20th on 10 points from 10. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle McFadzean of Burton Albion (8.4), ahead of Jon McLaughlin (8.2).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read D-L-L-D-D and Cardiff City's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Jackson Irvine
- 49'Goal · L. Akins
- 84'Yellow card · Jackson Irvine
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, Tom Naylor, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Chris O'Grady, Jamie Ward
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Amos, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Declan John, Peter Whittingham, Stuart O'Keefe, Craig Noone, Lex Immers, Joe Ralls, Rickie Lambert