Northampton Town 2-3 Burton Albion: result and report
League Two · Monday 26 December 2011
Result
Northampton Town 2-3 Burton Albion
League Two · Monday 26 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Northampton Town 2-3 Burton Albion: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Burton Albion 2-3 in the League Two on Monday 26 December 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.
S. Berahino opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Northampton Town's goals came from S. Berahino (1') and Michael Jacobs (12', penalty). Burton Albion scored through C. Taylor (2'), Chris Palmer (61') and Justin Richards (88', penalty).
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 17 points from 21 and Burton Albion 7th on 36 points from 21. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 2 for Burton Albion.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Burton Albion's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · S. Berahino
- 2'Goal · C. Taylor
- 11'Yellow card · John McGrath
- 12'Penalty goal · Michael Jacobs
- 18'Red card · John Johnson
- 61'Goal · Chris Palmer
- 88'Penalty goal · Justin Richards
- 90+1'Yellow card · B. Kee
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Shane Higgs, Lewis Young, Jason Crowe, Ben Tozer, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Arron Davies, Andy Holt, Jake Robinson, Daniel Schütz, Michael Jacobs
Burton Albion line-up
Ross Atkins, Aaron Webster, Nathan Stanton, Ryan Austin, Kevin Amankwaah, Cleveland Taylor, Jacques Maghoma, Adam Bolder, Billy Kee, John Matthew McGrath, Calvin Makongo Zola