Newcastle United 1-0 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 5 April 2017
Result
Newcastle United 1-0 Burton Albion
Championship · Wednesday 5 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 1-0 Burton Albion: match report
Newcastle United beat Burton Albion 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 5 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Matt Ritchie of Newcastle United in the 68th minute.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 2nd on 82 points from 39 and Burton Albion 19th on 45 points from 39. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Burton Albion in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Diamé of Newcastle United (7.8), level with Ben Turner (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 0 draws and 0 for Burton Albion.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-D-L-D-W and Burton Albion's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 50'Yellow card · Jamaal Lascelles
- 68'Goal · Matt Ritchie
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles, Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Christian Atsu, Ayoze Pérez, Dwight Gayle
Burton Albion line-up (5-3-2)
Jon McLaughlin, Lucas Akins, John Mousinho, John Brayford, Ben Turner, Tom Flanagan, Lasse Vigen, Luke Murphy, Jackson Irvine, Marvin Sordell, Luke Varney