Burton Albion 1-2 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Burton Albion 1-2 Leeds United

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 1-2 Leeds United: match report

Burton Albion lost to Leeds United 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tom Naylor opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Tom Naylor (29'). Leeds United scored through Pablo Hernández (61') and Kemar Roofe (64').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 21st on 20 points from 23 and Leeds United 5th on 39 points from 23. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Leeds United 13th with 60.

Burton Albion lined up in a 5-4-1 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kemar Roofe of Leeds United (7.5), ahead of Tom Naylor (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 0 draws and 2 for Leeds United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Tom NaylorBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · G. BerardiLeeds United
  • 50'Yellow card · Tom NaylorBurton Albion
  • 58'Yellow card · L. CooperLeeds United
  • 60'Yellow card · Stephen BywaterBurton Albion
  • 61'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Tom FlanaganBurton Albion
  • 64'Goal · Kemar RoofeLeeds United · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 0, Leeds United 2.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Flanagan, Jake Buxton, Jamie Allen, Sean Scannell, Lloyd Dyer, Tom Naylor, Marvin Sordell

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Felix Wiedwald, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Pablo Hernández, Paweł Cibicki, Ronaldo Vieira, Kemar Roofe