Burton Albion 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
Burton Albion 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burton Albion 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Burton Albion won against Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 31 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
L. Akins opened the scoring in the 87th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from L. Akins (87') and Ryan Edwards (90+5'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 11th on 7 points from 5 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 7 points from 5. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran O'Hara of Burton Albion (8.6), ahead of Lucas Akins (8.1).
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Bristol Rovers's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · T. Craig
- 33'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
- 60'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 81'Yellow card · Tom Davies
- 87'Goal · L. Akins
- 90+5'Goal · Ryan Edwards
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Jake Buxton, Kieran Wallace, John-Joe O'Toole, Ryan Edwards, S. Quinn, S. Fraser, Lucas Akins, Oliver Sarkic, Liam Boyce
Bristol Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Tony Craig, Luke Leahy, Alfie Kilgour, Tom Davies, Josh Hare, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Matthew Upson, Ollie Clarke, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Tyler Smith