Burton Albion 1-2 Reading: result and report

League One · Tuesday 17 March 2026

Result

Burton Albion 1-2 Reading

League One · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burton Albion 1-2 Reading: match report

Burton Albion were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 17 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

George Evans opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from George Evans (25'). Reading scored through Kamari Doyle (33') and Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (88').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 16th on 43 points from 37 and Reading 8th on 55 points from 37. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Reading 12th with 63.

Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to George Evans of Burton Albion (7.7), ahead of Kamari Doyle (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burton Albion wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · George EvansBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Kamari DoyleReading · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Lewis WingReading
  • 88'Goal · Kelvin EhibhatiomhanReading · 1-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jake BeesleyBurton Albion

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Burton Albion 3, draws 1, Reading 5.

Team news

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

Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jasper Moon, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Kegs Chauke, George Evans, Toby Sibbick, JJ McKiernan, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joel Pereira, Andy Yiadom, Paudie O'Connor, Derrick Williams, Benn Ward, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Kamari Doyle, Will Keane, Randell Williams, Sean Patton