Preston North End 1-1 Burton Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Burton Albion

Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Burton Albion · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-1 Burton Albion: match report

Preston North End drew with Burton Albion 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Preston North End's goal came from Callum Robinson (45+2'). Burton Albion scored through Jackson Irvine (23').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 7th on 25 points from 17 and Burton Albion 20th on 19 points from 17. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Burton Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bailey Wright of Preston North End (8.1), level with Jackson Irvine (8.1).

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Burton Albion's L-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Jackson IrvineBurton Albion · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 45+2'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · John MousinhoBurton Albion
  • 79'Yellow card · Chris O'GradyBurton Albion
  • 85'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-4-1-1)

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Marnick Vermijl, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

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

Jon McLaughlin, John Brayford, John Mousinho, Ben Turner, Damien McCrory, Lucas Akins, Matt Palmer, Tom Naylor, Lloyd Dyer, Jackson Irvine, Chris O'Grady