Sunderland 1-2 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 1-2 Burton Albion: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Burton Albion 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Paddy McNair opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Paddy McNair (34'). Burton Albion scored through Darren Bent (86') and Liam Boyce (90+2').
Discipline: Sunderland received 6 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 34 points from 43 and Burton Albion 23rd on 35 points from 43. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Burton Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle McFadzean of Burton Albion (8.6), ahead of Ben Turner (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 0 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Paddy McNair
- 45'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 45+2'Yellow card · Jacob Davenport
- 59'Yellow card · Callum McManaman
- 74'Yellow card · Paddy McNair
- 86'Goal · Darren Bent
- 90+2'Goal · Liam Boyce
- 90+3'Yellow card · Liam Boyce
- 90+4'Yellow card · George Honeyman
- 90+7'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 90+7'Yellow card · Aiden McGeady
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jason Steele, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Ashley Fletcher
Burton Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)
Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Luke Murphy, Lucas Akins, Jacob Davenport, Hope Akpan, Joe Sbarra, Liam Boyce