Burton Albion 3-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 October 2022

Result

Burton Albion 3-2 Forest Green Rovers

League One · Saturday 1 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 3-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Burton Albion beat Forest Green Rovers 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 1 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Victor Adeboyejo opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Victor Adeboyejo (6'), Victor Adeboyejo (82') and Victor Adeboyejo (90+2'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Reece Brown (52') and Connor Wickham (69', penalty).

Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 24th on 4 points from 10 and Forest Green Rovers 22nd on 8 points from 10. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 27.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Victor Adeboyejo of Burton Albion (9.1), ahead of Corey O'Keeffe (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Victor AdeboyejoBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 68'Red card · Tom HamerBurton Albion
  • 69'Penalty goal · Connor WickhamForest Green Rovers · 1-2
  • 82'Goal · Victor AdeboyejoBurton Albion · 2-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Victor AdeboyejoBurton Albion
  • 90+2'Goal · Victor AdeboyejoBurton Albion · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Adedeji OshilajaBurton Albion

Team news

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

Ben Garratt, Tom Hamer, Sam Hughes, John Brayford, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Terry Taylor, Deji Oshilaja, Jonny Smith, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Joe Powell, Victor Adeboyejo

Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke McGee, Oliver Casey, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Christian Marques, Corey O'Keeffe, Ben Stevenson, Reece Brown, Kyle McAllister, Armani Little, Bryan Fiabema, Connor Wickham