Burton Albion 1-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Burton Albion 1-2 Newcastle United
Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Burton Albion 1-2 Newcastle United: match report
Burton Albion lost to Newcastle United 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Lloyd Dyer (20'). Newcastle United scored through Dwight Gayle (15') and Mohamed Diamé (34').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 20th on 23 points from 21 and Newcastle United 1st on 47 points from 21. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamaal Lascelles of Newcastle United (8.2), level with Dwight Gayle (8.2).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Newcastle United's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 19'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 20'Goal · Lloyd Dyer
- 34'Goal · Mohamed Diamé
- 45+3'Yellow card · Jackson Irvine
- 56'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, John Brayford, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Lucas Akins, Chris O'Grady
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Christian Atsu, Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diamé, Dwight Gayle