Burton Albion 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 February 2017
Result
Burton Albion 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Saturday 4 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Burton Albion 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Burton Albion defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 February 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Michael Kightly (60') and Cauley Woodrow (90+4'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Hélder Costa (40', penalty).
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 20th on 29 points from 29 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 16th on 35 points from 28. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.
Burton Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Flanagan of Burton Albion (8.0), ahead of Michael Kightly (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burton Albion wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 40'Penalty goal · Hélder Costa
- 58'Yellow card · Richard Stearman
- 60'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 71'Yellow card · Luke Murphy
- 89'Yellow card · Nouha Dicko
- 90+4'Goal · Cauley Woodrow
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (4-4-2)
Jon McLaughlin, Tom Flanagan, John Mousinho, Ben Turner, Damien McCrory, Lasse Vigen, Luke Murphy, Jackson Irvine, Michael Kightly, Cauley Woodrow, Marvin Sordell
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Carl Ikeme, Conor Coady, Richard Stearman, Kortney Hause, Matt Doherty, Hélder Costa, Lee Evans, George Saville, Andreas Weimann, Dave Edwards, Nouha Dicko