Burton Albion 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026
Result
Burton Albion 2-2 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-2 Cardiff City: match report
Burton Albion drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 31 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jake Beesley opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Jake Beesley (11') and K. Lofthouse (78'). Cardiff City scored through Alex Robertson (46') and Alex Robertson (63').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 20th on 30 points from 27 and Cardiff City 1st on 59 points from 28. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Robertson of Cardiff City (8.5), ahead of Jake Beesley (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 0 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Jake Beesley
- 17'Yellow card · Ronan Kpakio
- 30'Yellow card · J. McKiernan
- 32'Yellow card · D. Williams
- 46'Goal · Alex Robertson
- 63'Goal · Alex Robertson
- 78'Goal · K. Lofthouse
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Toby Sibbick, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Kegs Chauke, Dylan Williams, Sebastian Revan, JJ McKiernan, Kain Adom, Jake Beesley
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Ronan Kpakio, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Omari Kellyman, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson