Southend United 2-3 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 February 2020
Result
Southend United 2-3 Burton Albion
League One · Saturday 22 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Southend United 2-3 Burton Albion: match report
Southend United were beaten by Burton Albion 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 22 February 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
L. Akins opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Southend United's goals came from Sam Mantom (29') and an own goal by John-Joe O'Toole (90+1'). Burton Albion scored through L. Akins (5'), Ryan Edwards (49') and Jamie Murphy (74').
Discipline: Southend United received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 23rd on 16 points from 32 and Burton Albion 12th on 43 points from 31. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 19 points, and Burton Albion 12th with 48.
Southend United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Murphy of Burton Albion (8.0), ahead of John-Joe O'Toole (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Southend United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 5'Goal · L. Akins
- 29'Goal · Sam Mantom
- 49'Goal · Ryan Edwards
- 54'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 74'Goal · Jamie Murphy
- 90+1'Own goal · John-Joe O'Toole
- 90+3'Yellow card · L. Akins
Head-to-head
Team news
Southend United line-up (4-3-3)
Patrik Gunnarsson, Elvis Bwomono, Joe Shaughnessy, Miles Mitchell-Nelson, Tom Clifford, Sam Mantom, T. Dieng, Mark Milligan, Terrell Egbri, Charlie Kelman, Stephen McLaughlin
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, John-Joe O'Toole, Conor Shaughnessy, Lucas Akins, Ryan Edwards, S. Quinn, Joe Powell, Colin Daniel, Jamie Murphy, Oliver Sarkic