Burton Albion 1-2 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 December 2024

Result

Burton Albion 1-2 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 21 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burton Albion 1-2 Exeter City: match report

Burton Albion were beaten by Exeter City 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Billy Bodin opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Billy Bodin (8'). Exeter City scored through Josh Magennis (45+2') and Millenic Alli (71').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards; Exeter City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 23rd on 12 points from 19 and Exeter City 15th on 24 points from 19. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Exeter City 16th with 56.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Exeter City in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Millenic Alli of Exeter City (8.4), ahead of Josh Magennis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 0 draws and 2 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Billy BodinBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Ryan WoodsExeter City
  • 21'Yellow card · Elliot WattBurton Albion
  • 43'Yellow card · K. McDonaldExeter City
  • 45+2'Goal · Josh MagennisExeter City · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Jason SrahaBurton Albion
  • 69'Yellow card · Ciaran GilliganBurton Albion
  • 71'Goal · Millenic AlliExeter City · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Terence VancootenBurton Albion
  • 81'Yellow card · Millenic AlliExeter City
  • 85'Yellow cardExeter City
  • 85'Yellow card · Jake RichardsExeter City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Burton Albion 2, draws 0, Exeter City 2.

Team news

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Burton Albion line-up (4-3-3)

Max Crocombe, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Terence Vancooten, Ryan Sweeney, Jason Sraha, Ciaran Gilligan, Elliot Watt, Kegs Chauke, Tomas Kalinauskas, M. Bennett, Billy Bodin

Exeter City line-up (3-2-4-1)

Joe Whitworth, J. McMillan, Tristan Crama, Ed Francis, K. McDonald, Ryan Woods, Millenic Alli, Jack Aitchison, Demetri Mitchell, Ilmari Niskanen, Josh Magennis