Oxford United 2-4 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Tuesday 20 August 2019
Result
Oxford United 2-4 Burton Albion
League One · Tuesday 20 August 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Oxford United 2-4 Burton Albion: match report
Oxford United lost to Burton Albion 2-4 in the League One on Tuesday 20 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
J. Buxton opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Cameron Brannagan (47') and Anthony Forde (56'). Burton Albion scored through J. Buxton (30'), Scott Fraser (61'), Scott Fraser (70') and Scott Fraser (84').
Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oxford United were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Burton Albion 16th on 3 points from 3. Oxford United went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Burton Albion 12th with 48.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to S. Fraser of Burton Albion (10.0), ahead of A. Forde (8.0).
Going into the match Oxford United's last five read L-W-D and Burton Albion's L-W-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · J. Buxton
- 34'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
- 42'Yellow card · Nathan Broadhead
- 47'Goal · Cameron Brannagan
- 56'Goal · Anthony Forde
- 61'Goal · Scott Fraser
- 70'Goal · Scott Fraser
- 74'Yellow card · Alex Gorrin
- 84'Goal · Scott Fraser
Team news
Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Eastwood, Chris Cadden, Josh Ruffels, Rob Dickie, John Mousinho, Alex Gorrin, Cameron Brannagan, Ben Woodburn, A. Forde, James Henry, M. Taylor
Burton Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, Colin Daniel, Jake Buxton, Kieran Wallace, Ryan Edwards, S. Quinn, S. Fraser, Nathan Broadhead, Lucas Akins, Liam Boyce