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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 20 (setup 4, season 28)
Burton Albion
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon THOMAS1Eric GRIMES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Fikayo TOMORI72RAFAEL Pereira da Silva
Brad SMITH37Alexander BUTTNER
Matt PALMER47KI Sung-yueng
Jake BUXTON57Shkodran MUSTAFI
Kyle McFADZEAN67Emanuel POGATETZ
Will MILLER77Jake LIVERMORE
Matthew LUND8Andrew TAYLOR
Liam BOYCE79Georgios SAMARAS
Hope AKPAN10Massimo MACCARONE
Lucas AKINS116Isaac SUCCESS Ajayi
Manager
Jamie ALLEN12Mauro BOSELLI
Harry CAMPBELL136Will PATCHING
John BRAYFORD14Tom ELLIOTT
Damien McCRORY15Paul LINWOOD
Tom FLANAGAN16Brian STOCK

Burton Albion 3 Rushden&Diamonds 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 6,366, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6)
3 Boyce, 62 Smith, 73 BoyceScorers2 Samaras
63 McFadzean <=> FlanaganSubstitutions75 Rafael <=> Patching
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners5
15Fouls6
1Offsides1
3Shots on5
1Shots off7
4Total shots12
0Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Georgios SAMARAS
2GOAL!! An imaginative BUTTNER played a delightful ball down the left to SAMARAS who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Rushden&Diamonds)
3GOAL!! A long clearance by the Burton Albion 'keeper beat the Rushden&Diamonds defence and BOYCE slammed the ball past the oncoming Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper. (1-1)
7A free-kick from SAMARAS flew wide.
13The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce effort.
26SUCCESS made space on the right and pulled the ball to SAMARAS who clipped the ball wide.
27SAMARAS headed just beyond the near post.
39A header by RAFAEL at the far post was easily collected by the Burton Albion 'keeper.
41LIVERMORE nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
45+1A poor strike from BOYCE trickled agonisingly wide.
 
46SUCCESS beat a number of Burton Albion players and slammed a great chance inches wide.
47A strike from MACCARONE held no problem for the Burton Albion 'keeper.
62GOAL!! A perfect ball from AKPAN left PALMER in the clear, he made the Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to SMITH to score. (2-1 Burton Albion)
70A corner found KI who touched an effort just wide.
73GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by PALMER who setup BOYCE with an easy chance. (3-1 Burton Albion)
75A wonderful save prevented SAMARAS from scoring a lovely goal.
83A accurate pass fell to MUSTAFI and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.