Burton Albion 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 19 December 2020
Result
Burton Albion 1-3 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Burton Albion 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Burton Albion lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-2.
Fejiri Okenabirhie opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from L. Akins (44', penalty). Doncaster Rovers scored through Fejiri Okenabirhie (8'), Ben Whiteman (45+5', penalty) and Taylor Richards (59').
Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 24th on 13 points from 18 and Doncaster Rovers 6th on 30 points from 16. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 64.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Doncaster Rovers (8.4), ahead of Fejiri Okenabirhie (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 4 draws and 0 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Fejiri Okenabirhie
- 35'Yellow card · A. Butler
- 43'Yellow card · Taylor Richards
- 44'Penalty goal · L. Akins
- 45+5'Penalty goal · Ben Whiteman
- 59'Goal · Taylor Richards
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burton Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Sam Hughes, Michael Bostwick, Colin Daniel, Joe Powell, S. Quinn, Ryan Edwards, Niall Ennis, Lucas Akins, Charles Vernam
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Lumley, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Andy Butler, Cameron John, Matthew Smith, Ben Whiteman, Jon Taylor, Taylor Richards, Reece James, Fejiri Okenabirhie