Burton Albion 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 March 2016
Result
Burton Albion 2-1 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 12 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report
Burton Albion defeated Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 12 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
M. Duffy opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from M. Duffy (26') and M. Duffy (63'). Fleetwood Town scored through Wes Burns (47').
Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 1st on 68 points from 35 and Fleetwood Town 19th on 40 points from 34. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Fleetwood Town 19th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 0 draws and 4 for Fleetwood Town.
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Fleetwood Town's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · M. Duffy
- 47'Goal · Wes Burns
- 50'Yellow card · Shola Ameobi
- 53'Yellow card · Marcus Nilsson
- 63'Goal · M. Duffy
- 67'Red card · R. Grant
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up
Jon McLaughlin, Phil Edwards, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, John Mousinho, Damien McCrory, Calum Butcher, Tom Naylor, Mark Duffy, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Stuart Beavon, Lucas Akins
Fleetwood Town line-up
Chris Maxwell, Connor McLaughlin, Victor Nirennold, Marcus Nilsson, Joe Davis, Eggert Gunnthor Jonsson, Amari'i Bell, Jimmy Ryan, Shola Ameobi, Ashley Hunter, David Ball