Burton Albion 1-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Burton Albion 1-1 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burton Albion 1-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Burton Albion drew with Crewe Alexandra 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Hughes opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Sam Hughes (76'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Owen Dale (88').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 22nd on 11 points from 15 and Crewe Alexandra 13th on 19 points from 15. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Crewe Alexandra 12th with 66.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Owen Dale of Crewe Alexandra (7.8), ahead of Sam Hughes (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 3 draws and 4 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Yellow card · Michael BostwickBurton Albion
  • 60'Yellow card · T. JohnsonCrewe Alexandra
  • 71'Yellow card · Sam HughesBurton Albion
  • 76'Goal · Sam HughesBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 88'Goal · Owen DaleCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Joe PowellBurton Albion

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 3, Crewe Alexandra 4.

Team news

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Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Sam Hughes, Michael Bostwick, Colin Daniel, S. Quinn, Ciaran Gilligan, Ryan Edwards, Joe Powell, Charles Vernam, Lucas Akins

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-3-3)

Will Jääskeläinen, Travis Johnson, Omar Beckles, Luke Offord, Harry Pickering, Tom Lowery, Ryan Wintle, Luke Murphy, Owen Dale, Mikael Mandron, Daniel Powell