Burton Albion 5-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Burton Albion 5-1 Northampton Town
League One · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
Burton Albion 5-1 Northampton Town: match report
Burton Albion beat Northampton Town 5-1 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2025. The half-time score was 4-1.
Jake Beesley opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Jake Beesley (3', penalty), J. Armer (23'), an own goal by Max Dyche (28'), T. Shade (44') and T. Shade (84'). Northampton Town scored through Tom Eaves (39').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 19th on 24 points from 20 and Northampton Town 12th on 27 points from 20. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Northampton Town 24th with 35.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyrese Shade of Burton Albion (8.1), ahead of Jake Beesley (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Burton Albion wins, 2 draws and 4 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Jake Beesley
- 23'Goal · J. Armer
- 28'Own goal · Max Dyche
- 39'Goal · Tom Eaves
- 44'Goal · T. Shade
- 51'Yellow card · Ethan Wheatley
- 56'Yellow card · D. Williams
- 59'Yellow card · T. Vancooten
- 75'Yellow card · Jack Burroughs
- 77'Yellow card · George Evans
- 84'Goal · T. Shade
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Terence Vancooten, George Evans, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Dylan Williams, Kegs Chauke, Jack Armer, Julian Larsson, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ross Fitzsimons, Conor McCarthy, Max Dyche, Jordan Thorniley, Sam Hoskins, Terry Taylor, Cameron McGeehan, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Kamarai Swyer, Ethan Wheatley, Tom Eaves