Burton Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Burton Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Burton Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Burton Albion drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Joe Mason (65'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through G. Hooper (36').

Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 21st on 3 points from 4 and Sheffield Wednesday 14th on 5 points from 4. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Murphy of Burton Albion (7.7), ahead of Jake Buxton (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · G. HooperSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 65'Goal · Joe MasonBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · David JonesSheffield Wednesday
  • 90'Yellow card · M. FoxSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0.

Team news

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

Stephen Bywater, Ben Turner, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Jake Buxton, Kyle McFadzean, Luke Murphy, Sean Scannell, Lloyd Dyer, Lucas Akins, Marvin Sordell

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Morgan Fox, Tom Lees, Daniel Pudil, David Jones, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, George Boyd, Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper