Burton Albion 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
League Two · Sunday 7 September 2014
Result
Burton Albion 2-0 Portsmouth
League Two · Sunday 7 September 2014, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Burton Albion 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
Burton Albion defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the League Two on Sunday 7 September 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Adam McGurk opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Adam McGurk (2') and L. Akins (55'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 3rd on 13 points from 5 and Portsmouth 9th on 10 points from 5. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 1st with 94 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 57.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Portsmouth's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Adam McGurk
- 55'Goal · L. Akins
- 75'Yellow card · Jed Wallace
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (4-4-2)
Jon McLaughlin, Phil Edwards, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, John Mousinho, George Taft, Ian Sharps, Robbie Weir, A. MacDonald, Stuart Beavon, Lucas Akins, Adam McGurk
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paul Jones, Johannes Ertl, Alex Wynter, Paul Robinson, Nicky Shorey, Jed Wallace, Ricky Holmes, James Dunne, Danny Hollands, Ryan Taylor, Craig Westcarr