BURTON-UPON-TRENT. Burton Albion annihilates Crewe Alexandra 4-1 with goals of H. Chapman (6′), J. Brayford (25′), K. Hemmings (34′) and D. Jebbison (90′). Talking about the opposition, Crewe Alexandra scored with ​T. Lowery (19′). Crewe Alexandra was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Pirelli Stadium stadium in Burton-upon-Trent on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Wright with the support of Marvyn Amphlett and Alan Clayton. The 4th official was Kenwyn Hughes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crewe Alexandra had a strong ball possession 63% while Burton Albion was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crewe Alexandra was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Burton Albion managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Burton Albion shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Crewe Alexandra shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Burton Albion didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards (L. Offord and O. Finney).

Standings

After playing this match, Burton Albion will have 31 points to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Crewe Alexandra will stay with 18 points like Gillingham to remain in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Burton Albion will play away with Cheltenham Town on the 8th of January with a 5-5 head to head record.

Crewe Alexandra will host Charlton Athletic on the 12th of January with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Charlton Athletic (1 draw).

Burton Albion – Formation

Burton Albion started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Jerrel Hasselbaink decided to play with the following team: Ben Garratt (6.4), Conor Shaughnessy (7.0), John Brayford (7.5), Ryan Leak (6.2), Thomas Hamer (7.4), Adedeji Oshilaja (7.3), Jacob Maddox (7.5), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (7.1), Harrison Chapman (6.9), Kane Hemmings (7.5) and Charlie Lakin (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Joe Powell (7.4), E. Balcombe, M. Mancienne, O. Patrick, Daniel Jebbison (7.3), B. Morris and Thomas O’Connor (6.7).

Burton Albion could not rely on the presence of T. O’Connor (injured) and D. Jebbison (injured).

Substitutions

Burton Albion made 3 changes: C. Lakin for J. Powell (63′), C. Borthwick-Jackson for T. O’Connor (66′) and H. Chapman for D. Jebbison (74′).

Best player: Kane Hemmings​

The most impressive player for Burton Albion was Kane Hemmings.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 14.

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

David Artell played with: Dave Richards (6.4), Kayne Ramsay (6.9), Luke Offord (6.4), Billy Sass-Davies (6.2), Zac Williams (6.5), Callum Ainley (6.1), Tom Lowery (7.3), Luke Murphy (6.2), Oliver Finney (6.3), Chris Porter (7.1) and Mikael Mandron (6.3).

They had on the bench: Scott Robertson (7.1), Joel Tabiner (6.6), C. O’Riordan, W. Jääskeläinen, T. Johnson, D. Daniels, Madger Antonio and T. Thomas.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made 3 changes: C. Ainley for S. Robertson (69′), L. Murphy for J. Tabiner (82′) and K. Ramsay for T. Johnson (90′).

Best player: Tom Lowery​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Tom Lowery.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 48 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Burton Albion – Crewe Alexandra – 4-1
• Charlton Athletic – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-1
• Milton Keynes Dons – Gillingham – 0-0
• Oxford United – Cheltenham Town – 1-1
• Rotherham United – Bolton Wanderers – 2-1