Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Burton Albion: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Burton Albion 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Hélder Costa (15'), Benik Afobe (41') and Benik Afobe (56'). Burton Albion scored through Lloyd Dyer (44').
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 79 points from 37 and Burton Albion 23rd on 30 points from 37. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Benik Afobe of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.7), ahead of Rúben Neves (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 1 draw and 1 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Hélder Costa
- 41'Goal · Benik Afobe
- 44'Goal · Lloyd Dyer
- 53'Yellow card · Joe Sbarra
- 56'Goal · Benik Afobe
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Ivan Cavaleiro, Hélder Costa, Benik Afobe
Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)
Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Tom Flanagan, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Jake Buxton, Lloyd Dyer, Marvin Sordell, Jacob Davenport, Hope Akpan, Liam Boyce