Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Burton Albion

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Sheffield Wednesday · Burton Albion · Championship predictions

Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Burton Albion: match report

Sheffield Wednesday were beaten by Burton Albion 0-3 in the Championship on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Tom Flanagan opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sheffield Wednesday did not score. Burton Albion scored through Tom Flanagan (37'), Lloyd Dyer (50') and Tom Naylor (89').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 16th on 30 points from 25 and Burton Albion 23rd on 21 points from 25. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Flanagan of Burton Albion (8.7), ahead of Kyle McFadzean (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Jacob ButterfieldSheffield Wednesday
  • 7'Missed penalty · L. AkinsBurton Albion
  • 37'Goal · Tom FlanaganBurton Albion · 0-1
  • 50'Goal · Lloyd DyerBurton Albion · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Tom FlanaganBurton Albion
  • 89'Goal · Tom NaylorBurton Albion · 0-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ross WallaceSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 0, draws 2, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Wildsmith, Jack Hunt, Morgan Fox, Glenn Loovens, Frederico Venâncio, David Jones, Jacob Butterfield, Adam Reach, Ross Wallace, J. Rhodes, Lucas João

Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Tom Flanagan, Jake Buxton, Luke Murphy, Lloyd Dyer, Tom Naylor, William Miller, Lucas Akins