Burton Albion 0-4 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Burton Albion 0-4 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

Burton Albion · Wolverhampton Wanderers · Championship predictions

Burton Albion 0-4 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Burton Albion lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-3.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Burton Albion did not score. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Diogo Jota (5'), Romain Saïss (11'), Rúben Vinagre (41') and Léo Bonatini (62').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 19th on 9 points from 10 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 4th on 20 points from 10. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st with 99.

Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Cavaleiro of Wolverhampton Wanderers (9.1), ahead of Matt Doherty (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 41'Goal · Rúben VinagreWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-3
  • 62'Goal · Léo BonatiniWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-4
  • 78'Yellow card · Luke VarneyBurton Albion
  • 78'Yellow card · Luke VarneyBurton Albion

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Stephen Bywater, Stephen Warnock, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Buxton, Jamie Allen, Luke Murphy, Lloyd Dyer, Tom Flanagan, Hope Akpan, Sean Scannell, Lucas Akins

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)

John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Danny Batth, Roderick Miranda, Matt Doherty, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Rúben Vinagre, Ivan Cavaleiro, Hélder Costa, Diogo Jota