Burton Albion 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016
Result
Burton Albion 2-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Burton Albion defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Jackson Irvine (15') and Matt Palmer (62'). Rotherham United scored through Tom Adeyemi (90+4').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 20th on 20 points from 18 and Rotherham United 24th on 7 points from 18. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaiah Brown of Rotherham United (8.3), ahead of Matt Palmer (7.8).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read D-L-D-L-W and Rotherham United's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Jackson Irvine
- 59'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 62'Goal · Matt Palmer
- 70'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 90+4'Goal · Tom Adeyemi
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Brayford, John Mousinho, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Chris O'Grady, Jamie Ward
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Lewis Price, Darnell Fisher, Dominic Ball, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Tom Adeyemi, Will Vaulks, A. Forde, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward