Burton Albion 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Burton Albion 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Burton Albion won against Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Liam Boyce opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Liam Boyce (3') and Scott Fraser (81'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Fejiri Okenabirhie (90+5').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 16th on 24 points from 19 and Shrewsbury Town 15th on 24 points from 20. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 63 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 52.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Liam BoyceBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Anthony GrantShrewsbury Town
  • 67'Yellow card · L. AkinsBurton Albion
  • 72'Yellow card · J. BuxtonBurton Albion
  • 81'Goal · Scott FraserBurton Albion · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Reece HutchinsonBurton Albion
  • 90+5'Goal · Fejiri OkenabirhieShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Liam BoyceBurton Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burton Albion 3, draws 3, Shrewsbury Town 4.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up

Brad Collins, Lucas Akins, Reece Hutchinson, S. Quinn, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Jamie Allen, S. Fraser, Liam Boyce, Jake Hesketh, William Miller

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Steve Arnold, James Bolton, Omar Beckles, Anthony Grant, Luke Waterfall, Matt Sadler, Oliver Norburn, Josh Laurent, Fejiri Okenabirhie, Aaron Amadi-Holloway, Greg Docherty