Burton Albion 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Thursday 26 December 2019
Result
Burton Albion 4-2 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Burton Albion 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Burton Albion defeated Tranmere Rovers 4-2 in the League One on Thursday 26 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
Scott Fraser opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Scott Fraser (12'), L. Akins (50'), Liam Boyce (60') and Liam Boyce (86'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Morgan Ferrier (26') and Kieron Morris (64').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 14th on 27 points from 20 and Tranmere Rovers 20th on 20 points from 20. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 32.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Boyce of Burton Albion (9.2), ahead of S. Fraser (9.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Scott Fraser
- 26'Goal · Morgan Ferrier
- 30'Yellow card · J. Buxton
- 41'Yellow card · Stephen Quinn
- 45+2'Yellow card · Kieron Morris
- 50'Goal · L. Akins
- 60'Goal · Liam Boyce
- 64'Goal · Kieron Morris
- 86'Goal · Liam Boyce
- 90+4'Yellow card · N. Danns
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Richard Nartey, Jake Buxton, Colin Daniel, Ryan Edwards, S. Quinn, Oliver Sarkic, S. Fraser, Lucas Akins, Liam Boyce
Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Aaron Chapman, Sid Nelson, Manny Monthe, Liam Ridehalgh, Jake Caprice, Neil Danns, Connor Jennings, David Perkins, Kieron Morris, Morgan Ferrier, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy