Burton Albion 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 28 September 2021

Result

Burton Albion 2-1 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 28 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Burton Albion defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 28 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Thomas O'Connor opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Thomas O'Connor (32') and D. Jebbison (60'). Portsmouth scored through Reeco Hackett (64').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 15th on 12 points from 9 and Portsmouth 10th on 12 points from 9. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Portsmouth 10th with 73.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Morrell of Portsmouth (8.0), ahead of Tom Hamer (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 4 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Thomas O'ConnorBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Jonny SmithBurton Albion
  • 49'Yellow card · Charlie LakinBurton Albion
  • 60'Goal · D. JebbisonBurton Albion · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · D. JebbisonBurton Albion
  • 64'Goal · Reeco HackettPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Sean RaggettPortsmouth
  • 85'Yellow card · Lee BrownPortsmouth
  • 86'Yellow card · Reeco HackettPortsmouth
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Burton Albion 2, draws 4, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • J. ReidPortsmouth · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Danny RoweBurton Albion · injury (Muscle Injury)
  • Sam HughesBurton Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Ben Garratt, John Brayford, Michael Bostwick, Conor Shaughnessy, Tom Hamer, Deji Oshilaja, Thomas O'Connor, Lucas Akins, Charlie Lakin, Jonny Smith, Daniel Jebbison

Portsmouth line-up (3-4-1-2)

Gavin Bazunu, Kieron Freeman, Sean Raggett, Shaun Williams, Mahlon Romeo, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Joe Morrell, Lee Brown, Marcus Harness, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis