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Burton Albion
FT
1–2
17 Mar 2026
Reading
Europa League Tue 17 Mar, 19:45London Pirelli Stadium, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Edward Duckworth 2,902 attendance

Timeline

  1. 25' George Evans
  2. 27' Finley Burns for Benn Ward
  3. 33' Kamari Doyle
  4. 64' Andrew Cannon for Jj Mckiernan
  5. 66' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan for Sean Patton
  6. 67' Kadan Young for Will Keane
  7. 74' Dylan Williams for Kgagelo Chauke
  8. 77' Lewis Wing Yellow Card
  9. 84' Liam Fraser for Charlie Savage
  10. 84' Matt Ritchie for Kamari Doyle
  11. 88' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
  12. 90'+6' Jake Beesley Yellow Card

Match stats

56.6% Possession 43.4%
16 Shots 10
4 On target 3
12 Fouls 6
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
1 Saves 3
0 Accurate passes 0

Lineups

Burton Albion 3-4-1-2
24 Collins
16 Hartridge 18 Moon 2 Godwin-Malife
6 Sibbick 12 Evans 4 Chauke 15 Lofthouse
7 Mckiernan
10 Shade 9 Beesley
Reading 4-2-3-1
1 Pereira
16 Ward 33 Williams 15 O'Conner 17 Yiadom
8 Savage 10 Wing
21 Williams 27 Keane 29 Doyle
57 Patton
Burton Albion 3-4-1-2
  1. 24 Bradley Collins G
  2. 18 Jasper Moon CD
  3. 16 Alex Hartridge CD-L
  4. 2 Udoka Godwin-Malife CD-R
  5. 12 George Evans CM-L
  6. 4 Kgagelo Chauke ▼ CM-R
  7. 7 Jj Mckiernan ▼ AM
  8. 6 Toby Sibbick LM
  9. 15 Kyran Lofthouse RM
  10. 10 Tyrese Shade CF-L
  11. 9 Jake Beesley CF-R

Came on

  1. 42 Andrew Cannon ▲ SUB
  2. 19 Dylan Williams ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 5 Terence Vancooten SUB
  2. 11 Fabio Tavares SUB
  3. 27 Kamil Dudek SUB
  4. 29 Kain Adom SUB
  5. 3 Jack Armer SUB
Reading 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Joel Pereira G
  2. 33 Derrick Williams CD-L
  3. 15 Paudie O'Conner CD-R
  4. 16 Benn Ward ▼ LB
  5. 17 Andy Yiadom RB
  6. 27 Will Keane ▼ AM
  7. 8 Charlie Savage ▼ LM
  8. 10 Lewis Wing RM
  9. 57 Sean Patton ▼ F
  10. 21 Randell Williams AM-L
  11. 29 Kamari Doyle ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 9 Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan ▲ SUB
  2. 6 Liam Fraser ▲ SUB
  3. 30 Matt Ritchie ▲ SUB
  4. 19 Kadan Young ▲ SUB
  5. 12 Finley Burns ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 41 Harrison Rhone SUB
  2. 32 Paddy Lane SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+6' Jake Beesley (Burton Albion) Yellow Card at 96'
  2. 88' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading) Goal at 88'
  3. 84' Matt Ritchie (Reading) Substitution at 84'
  4. 84' Liam Fraser (Reading) Substitution at 84'
  5. 77' Lewis Wing (Reading) Yellow Card at 77'
  6. 74' Dylan Williams (Burton Albion) Substitution at 74'
  7. 67' Kadan Young (Reading) Substitution at 67'
  8. 66' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading) Substitution at 66'
  9. 64' Andrew Cannon (Burton Albion) Substitution at 64'
  10. 33' Kamari Doyle (Reading) Goal at 33'
  11. 27' Finley Burns (Reading) Substitution at 27'
  12. 25' George Evans (Burton Albion) Goal at 25'

Recent form

Burton Albion W L D L W

  • W Stockport County 3-0 EFL League One
  • L at Wycombe Wanderers 3-0 EFL League One
  • D at Exeter City 1-1 EFL League One
  • L Stevenage 1-0 EFL League One
  • W at Northampton Town 2-0 EFL League One

Reading D L W W D

  • D at Port Vale 1-1 EFL League One
  • W Bradford City 2-1 EFL League One
  • W at Luton Town 3-2 EFL League One
  • L at Mansfield Town 1-0 EFL League One
  • D Plymouth Argyle 2-2 EFL League One

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

  • 1 Jan 2026 Reading 2–0 Burton Albion 2025-26 English League One
  • 28 Jan 2025 Burton Albion 3–2 Reading 2024-25 English League One
  • 1 Oct 2024 Reading 3–1 Burton Albion 2024-25 English League One
  • 20 Apr 2024 Burton Albion 3–2 Reading 2023-24 English League One
  • 30 Sep 2023 Reading 0–0 Burton Albion 2023-24 English League One