Nottingham Forest 4-3 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Nottingham Forest 4-3 Burton Albion

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Nottingham Forest 4-3 Burton Albion: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Burton Albion 4-3 in the Championship on Saturday 6 August 2016. The half-time score was 2-2.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (23'), Thomas Lam (45+2'), Oliver Burke (49') and Britt Assombalonga (77'). Burton Albion scored through L. Akins (27'), Lloyd Dyer (30') and Tom Naylor (90').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Matthew MillsNottingham Forest
  • 23'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · L. AkinsBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · Lloyd DyerBurton Albion · 1-2
  • 33'Yellow card · Ben TurnerBurton Albion
  • 35'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 40'Yellow card · Hamza ChoudhuryBurton Albion
  • 45+2'Goal · Thomas LamNottingham Forest · 2-2
  • 49'Goal · Oliver BurkeNottingham Forest · 3-2
  • 77'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 4-2
  • 90'Goal · Tom NaylorBurton Albion · 4-3

Team news

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-3-3)

Karl Darlow, Eric Lichaj, Danny Fox, Matthew Mills, Kelvin Wilson, Henri Lansbury, Michael Mancienne, David Vaughan, Michail Antonio