Burton Albion 0-2 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 November 2017
Result
Burton Albion 0-2 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 25 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burton Albion 0-2 Sunderland: match report
Burton Albion were beaten by Sunderland 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 November 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
James Vaughan opened the scoring in the 84th minute. Burton Albion did not score. Sunderland scored through James Vaughan (84') and George Honeyman (88').
Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 22nd on 14 points from 18 and Sunderland 24th on 11 points from 18. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Oviedo of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of George Honeyman (7.8).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Sunderland's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · George Honeyman
- 66'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 84'Goal · James Vaughan
- 85'Yellow card · James Vaughan
- 85'Yellow card · James Vaughan
- 88'Goal · George Honeyman
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)
Stephen Bywater, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Flanagan, Tom Naylor, Luke Murphy, Sean Scannell, William Miller, Matt Palmer, Marvin Sordell, Joe Sbarra
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Robbin Ruiter, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Adam Matthews, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Lewis Grabban