Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion: match report

Cardiff City defeated Burton Albion 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 76 points from 37 and Burton Albion 23rd on 30 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Burton Albion's L-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 0, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Sol Bamba, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Junior Hoilett, Callum Paterson, Marko Grujić, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Kenneth Zohore

Burton Albion expected line-up (5-4-1)

Stephen Bywater, Tom Naylor, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, Tom Flanagan, Lloyd Dyer, Jacob Davenport, Hope Akpan, Marvin Sordell, Liam Boyce