Burton Albion 2-1 Fulham: result and report
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017
Result
Burton Albion 2-1 Fulham
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Burton Albion 2-1 Fulham: match report
Burton Albion defeated Fulham 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Stephen Warnock opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Stephen Warnock (12') and L. Akins (51', penalty). Fulham scored through Oliver Norwood (31').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 21st on 5 points from 7 and Fulham 13th on 10 points from 7. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Fulham 2nd with 91.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Fulham in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefan Johansen of Fulham (8.2), ahead of K. McDonald (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burton Albion wins, 1 draw and 1 for Fulham.
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read D-L-D-W-L and Fulham's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Stephen Warnock
- 31'Goal · Oliver Norwood
- 40'Yellow card · S. Ojo
- 51'Penalty goal · L. Akins
- 86'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Jake Buxton, John Brayford, Stephen Warnock, Jamie Allen, Luke Murphy, Lucas Akins, Sean Scannell, Marvin Sordell
Fulham line-up (4-3-3)
David Button, Kazım Nas, Ryan Sessegnon, Tim Ream, Tomas Kalas, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Oliver Norwood, Neeskens Kebano, Floyd Ayité, Sheyi Ojo