Burton Albion 1-3 Reading: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 30 January 2018
Result
Burton Albion 1-3 Reading
Championship · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Burton Albion 1-3 Reading: match report
Burton Albion lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 January 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from L. Akins (51', penalty). Reading scored through Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (20'), Chris Gunter (57') and Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (68').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 24th on 24 points from 28 and Reading 18th on 29 points from 28. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to J. Böðvarsson of Reading (8.5), ahead of Leandro Bacuna (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 27'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 29'Yellow card · Ben Turner
- 38'Yellow card · J. Buxton
- 51'Penalty goal · L. Akins
- 57'Goal · Chris Gunter
- 68'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 68'Yellow card · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 70'Yellow card · Tiago Ilori
- 86'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Jake Buxton, John Brayford, Luke Murphy, Tom Flanagan, Tom Naylor, Martin Samuelsen, Darren Bent, Lucas Akins
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Joey van den Berg, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Modou Barrow, Leandro Bacuna, Yann Kermorgant, J. Böðvarsson