Burton Albion 3-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Burton Albion 3-1 Huddersfield Town
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Burton Albion 3-1 Huddersfield Town: match report
Burton Albion won against Huddersfield Town 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
T. Vancooten opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from T. Vancooten (4'), Jake Beesley (57') and J. McKiernan (78'). Huddersfield Town scored through Alfie May (28').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 21st on 27 points from 24 and Huddersfield Town 6th on 39 points from 26. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Huddersfield Town 9th with 67.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Beesley of Burton Albion (7.8), ahead of Brad Collins (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 2 draws and 1 for Huddersfield Town.
Key events
- 4'Goal · T. Vancooten
- 28'Goal · Alfie May
- 42'Yellow card · T. Vancooten
- 44'Yellow card · Lynden Gooch
- 57'Goal · Jake Beesley
- 59'Yellow card · Cameron Humphreys
- 78'Goal · J. McKiernan
- 84'Yellow card · Radinio Balker
- 90'Yellow card · Murray Wallace
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Terence Vancooten, Toby Sibbick, Kyran Lofthouse, George Evans, Kegs Chauke, Dylan Williams, Jack Armer, Kain Adom, Jake Beesley
Huddersfield Town line-up (3-5-2)
Lee Nicholls, Radinio Balker, Joe Low, Murray Wallace, Lynden Gooch, Ryan Ledson, Cameron Humphreys, William Thomas Alves, Bali Mumba, Alfie May, Bojan Radulović