Burton Albion 2-1 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 6 March 2021

Result

Burton Albion 2-1 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 6 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burton Albion 2-1 Peterborough United: match report

Burton Albion defeated Peterborough United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 6 March 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kane Hemmings opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Kane Hemmings (54') and H. Carter (58'). Peterborough United scored through Harrison Burrows (90+5').

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

Going into the game Burton Albion were 18th on 31 points from 30 and Peterborough United 1st on 62 points from 31. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Peterborough United 2nd with 87.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Peterborough United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hayden Carter of Burton Albion (8.1), ahead of Tom Hamer (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 2 draws and 3 for Peterborough United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Jonny SmithBurton Albion
  • 54'Goal · Kane HemmingsBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Mark BeeversPeterborough United
  • 58'Goal · H. CarterBurton Albion · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · John BrayfordBurton Albion
  • 90+4'Yellow card · H. CarterBurton Albion
  • 90+5'Goal · Harrison BurrowsPeterborough United · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Burton Albion 2, draws 2, Peterborough United 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Kieran WallaceBurton Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Sam HughesBurton Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Garratt, John Brayford, Hayden Carter, Michael Bostwick, Tom Hamer, Michael Mancienne, Ryan Edwards, Jonny Smith, Danny Rowe, Lucas Akins, Kane Hemmings

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

Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Frankie Kent, Mark Beevers, Dan Butler, Reece Brown, Ethan Hamilton, Joe Ward, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembélé, Jonson Clarke-Harris