Burton Albion 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 2 March 2021
Result
Burton Albion 1-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Tuesday 2 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Burton Albion 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Burton Albion defeated Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Jonny Smith of Burton Albion in the 55th minute.
Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 21st on 28 points from 29 and Bristol Rovers 19th on 30 points from 30. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonny Smith of Burton Albion (8.4), ahead of Tom Hamer (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Bristol Rovers's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Luke McCormick
- 43'Yellow card · Sean Clare
- 52'Second yellow · Luke McCormick
- 55'Goal · Jonny Smith
- 90+3'Yellow card · H. Carter
- 90+6'Yellow card · Kane Hemmings
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burton Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Ben Garratt, John Brayford, Hayden Carter, Michael Bostwick, Tom Hamer, Jonny Smith, Ryan Edwards, Michael Mancienne, Sean Clare, Lucas Akins, Mike Fondop
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jordi van Stappershoef, G. Williams, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, Alex Rodman, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Sam Nicholson, Brandon Hanlan