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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 32 (setup 5, season 17)
Burton Albion
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Eloy ROOM17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Evgeni MAKEEV62MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Kristof D'HAENE3Yaroslav RAKITSKYI
Amir ABRASHI4Ivan RAKITIC
Timothy DERIJCK75José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
Tomislav BARBARIC667Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
André Martin CARRILLO Diaz77Joe RALLS
Christoph MORITZ687José Antonio REYES Calderón
Marko SCEPOVIC79Tim MATAVZ
Lucas AKINS510Junior HOILETT
Gohi Bi Zoro CYRIAC11Robbie KEANE
Manager
Ben TURNER12Craig NOONE
Jon McLAUGHLIN13David CORNELL
Tom NAYLOR614Carlton COLE
Jackson IRVINE15Idriss SAADI
Liam BOYCE168Stuart O'KEEFE

Burton Albion 3 Cardiff City 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 15,409, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Michael JONES 7)
48 Scepovic, 61 Scepovic, 76 CyriacScorers47 Matavz, 59 Reyes
74 Abrashi <=> NaylorSubstitutions59 Rakitic <=> O'Keefe
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
13Fouls2
0Offsides0
7Shots on8
4Shots off12
11Total shots20
4Shots saved6
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
2The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from MATAVZ.
5A good ball from RALLS on the left bobbled toward REYES who scuffed his effort wide.
15A wonderful save prevented SCEPOVIC from scoring a good goal.
19REYES placed a right foot shot just beyond the near post from close range.
31A header by MATAVZ at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
38KEANE beat ABRASHI and placed the ball to REYES who fired his effort wide.
39A weak shot from RAKITIC bounced agonisingly wide.
41A strike from HOILETT held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
44CARRILLO rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
44A left foot shot from CÁCERES was saved by the 'keeper.
 
47GOAL!! A poor drive from MATAVZ seemed to hold little difficulty for the Burton Albion 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-0 Cardiff City)
48GOAL!! A long clearance by the Burton Albion 'keeper beat the Cardiff City defence and SCEPOVIC slammed the ball beyond the oncoming VICENTE GUAITA. (1-1)
52The bemused Burton Albion 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ABRASHI fell just wide.
57RAKITIC played the ball to REYES who fired it just beyond the near post.
59GOAL!! An energetic CÁCERES ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for REYES to drive home. (2-1 Cardiff City)
61GOAL!! After being forced wide SCEPOVIC was able to force the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-2)
66A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled SCEPOVIC to crack an effort just beyond the far post.
69KEANE headed over.
76GOAL!! A great solo effort from CYRIAC who beat a number of defenders before striking the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Burton Albion)
85CARRILLO made space on the right and knocked the ball to SCEPOVIC who touched the ball wide.
87A cross from REYES left KEANE in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
89MATAVZ ran onto a great ball from RALLS but dragged his shot wide.