Exeter City 1-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 March 2024

Result

Exeter City 1-0 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 16 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Exeter City · Burton Albion · League One predictions

Exeter City 1-0 Burton Albion: match report

Exeter City defeated Burton Albion 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Reece Cole of Exeter City in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Exeter City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 17th on 44 points from 38 and Burton Albion 19th on 39 points from 37. Exeter City went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Burton Albion 20th with 46.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilmari Niskanen of Exeter City (7.8), level with Reece Cole (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Jake CapriceBurton Albion
  • 30'Yellow card · Pierce SweeneyExeter City
  • 41'Goal · Reece ColeExeter City · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Jack AitchisonExeter City
  • 45+6'Red card · Zak JulesExeter City
  • 55'Yellow card · Rekeem HarperBurton Albion
  • 65'Yellow card · Tom CarrollExeter City
  • 83'Yellow card · Mustapha CarayolBurton Albion
  • 83'Yellow card · Reece ColeExeter City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Viljami Sinisalo, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Zak Jules, Ilmari Niskanen, Tom Carroll, Reece Cole, Y. Wildschut, Jack Aitchison, Luke Harris, Sonny Cox

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

Max Crocombe, Jake Caprice, Tom Hamer, John Brayford, Ryan Sweeney, Tolaji Bola, Deji Oshilaja, Rekeem Harper, Joe Powell, Mark Helm, Joe Hugill