Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Monday 2 April 2018

Result

Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Monday 2 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burton Albion · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Burton Albion drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Championship on Monday 2 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marvin Sordell opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Marvin Sordell (6'). Middlesbrough scored through Britt Assombalonga (90').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 24th on 30 points from 39 and Middlesbrough 6th on 62 points from 39. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Marvin Sordell (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burton Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Middlesbrough's L-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Marvin SordellBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Stephen BywaterBurton Albion
  • 67'Yellow card · Damien McCroryBurton Albion
  • 82'Yellow card · Tom NaylorBurton Albion
  • 90'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Burton Albion 0, draws 0, Middlesbrough 1.

Team news

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

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Lloyd Dyer, Marvin Sordell, Jacob Davenport, Hope Akpan, Darren Bent, Liam Boyce

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Martin Cranie, Grant Leadbitter, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré