Aston Villa 3-2 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2018

Result

Aston Villa 3-2 Burton Albion

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Aston Villa · Burton Albion · Championship predictions

Aston Villa 3-2 Burton Albion: match report

Aston Villa won against Burton Albion 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 3 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Scott Hogan (33'), Albert Adomah (65') and Jack Grealish (88'). Burton Albion scored through an own goal by Ahmed El-Mohamady (71') and Liam Boyce (90+2').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 53 points from 29 and Burton Albion 24th on 24 points from 29. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.

Aston Villa 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 Albert Adomah of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Jack Grealish (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Robert SnodgrassAston Villa
  • 33'Goal · Scott HoganAston Villa · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Luke MurphyBurton Albion
  • 41'Yellow card · L. AkinsBurton Albion
  • 52'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanBurton Albion
  • 58'Yellow card · Tom NaylorBurton Albion
  • 65'Goal · Albert AdomahAston Villa · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa
  • 71'Own goal · Ahmed El-MohamadyBurton Albion · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Ahmed El-MohamadyAston Villa
  • 88'Goal · Jack GrealishAston Villa · 3-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Liam BoyceBurton Albion · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 1, Burton Albion 0.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)

Sam Johnstone, James Chester, Alan Hutton, John Terry, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish, C. Hourihane, Birkir Bjarnason, Albert Adomah, Scott Hogan

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

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Tom Flanagan, Lloyd Dyer, Tom Naylor, Marvin Sordell, Jacob Davenport, Hope Akpan, Lucas Akins