Burton Albion 2-1 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 April 2016

Result

Burton Albion 2-1 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 30 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 2-1 Gillingham: match report

Burton Albion defeated Gillingham 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

L. Akins opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from L. Akins (44') and Tom Naylor (90+2'). Gillingham scored through Cody McDonald (49').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 2nd on 82 points from 44 and Gillingham 7th on 69 points from 44. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Gillingham 9th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 0 draws and 0 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · L. AkinsBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Cody McDonaldGillingham · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · B. DackGillingham
  • 68'Yellow card · Stuart BeavonBurton Albion
  • 75'Yellow card · Max EhmerGillingham
  • 82'Yellow card · D. LoftGillingham
  • 90+2'Goal · Tom NaylorBurton Albion · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 0, Gillingham 0.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up

Jon McLaughlin, Phil Edwards, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, John Mousinho, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Mark Duffy, Matt Palmer, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Stuart Beavon, Lucas Akins

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, John Egan, Max Ehmer, Aaron Morris, Bradley Garmston, Jake Hessenthaler, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright, Deji Oshilaja, Cody McDonald, Dominic Samuel