Sheffield Wednesday 5-2 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 March 2022

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 5-2 Burton Albion

League One · Tuesday 1 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sheffield Wednesday 5-2 Burton Albion: match report

Sheffield Wednesday beat Burton Albion 5-2 in the League One on Tuesday 1 March 2022. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Liam Palmer opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Liam Palmer (13'), Barry Bannan (28'), Callum Paterson (67'), Marvin Johnson (75') and Barry Bannan (87'). Burton Albion scored through A. Guédioura (30') and Oumar Niasse (53').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 58 points from 33 and Burton Albion 14th on 44 points from 35. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 5th with 86 points, and Burton Albion 16th with 53.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (9.4), ahead of Marvin Johnson (8.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Liam PalmerSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Oumar NiasseBurton Albion
  • 28'Goal · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · A. GuédiouraBurton Albion · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Oumar NiasseBurton Albion · 2-2
  • 67'Goal · Callum PatersonSheffield Wednesday · 3-2
  • 75'Goal · Marvin JohnsonSheffield Wednesday · 4-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Adedeji OshilajaBurton Albion
  • 81'Yellow card · Sam HutchinsonSheffield Wednesday
  • 87'Goal · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday · 5-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Callum PatersonSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 1, draws 2, Burton Albion 2.

Team news

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Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Jordan Storey, Sam Hutchinson, Lewis Gibson, Liam Palmer, Jack Hunt, Massimo Luongo, Barry Bannan, Marvin Johnson, Callum Paterson, Sylla Sow

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ben Garratt, Sam Hughes, John Brayford, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Tom Hamer, Deji Oshilaja, Adlène Guédioura, William Kokolo, Joe Powell, Gassan Ahadme, Oumar Niasse