Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackburn Rovers · Burton Albion · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Burton Albion: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Burton Albion 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Craig Conway opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Craig Conway (25') and Sam Gallagher (61'). Burton Albion scored through Jackson Irvine (43') and Tom Naylor (88').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 24th on 0 points from 3 and Burton Albion 12th on 4 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Conway of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Tom Naylor (8.0).

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-L-L and Burton Albion's W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers
  • 25'Goal · Craig ConwayBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Jackson IrvineBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · John MousinhoBurton Albion
  • 58'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 88'Goal · Tom NaylorBurton Albion · 2-2

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Scott Wharton, Stephen Hendrie, Craig Conway, Jack Byrne, Hope Akpan, Ben Marshall, Danny Graham, Sam Gallagher

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Jon McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Stuart Beavon, Chris O'Grady