BURTON-UPON-TRENT. Peterborough United conquers Burton Albion 3-1. Peterborough United was decisively better in terms of ball possession (77%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Pirelli Stadium stadium in Burton-upon-Trent on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 3,641 spectators. The referee was Ross Joyce with the help of Anthony Da Costa and Samuel Fudge. The 4th official was Greg Rollason. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.37 degrees Celsius or 50.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- ! 23 Ball Possession 77
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 2 On Target 7
- 5 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 85 Attack 139
- 48 Dangerous attack 63
- 66 Ball safe 86
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Peterborough United had a superior ball possession 77% while Burton Albion was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Peterborough United was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Peterborough United won the match.
Burton Albion shot 12 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Peterborough United shot 14 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards (Adedeji Oshilaja and Tom Hamer). Talking about the opposition, Peterborough United received 1 yellow card (Jadel Katongo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Burton Albion stays with 39 points like Reading and Cambridge United to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Peterborough United will has 68 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Burton Albion will host Cheltenham Town on the 6th of February with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Burton Albion (5 draws).
Peterborough United will host Stevenage on the 12th of March with a 2-2 head to head.
Burton Albion – Formation
Burton Albion
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70'Burton Albion started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Martin Paterson decided to play with the following team: Max Crocombe , Aristote Nsiala , John Brayford , Ryan Sweeney , Tom Hamer , Adedeji Oshilaja , Joe Powell , Rekeem Harper , Tolaji Bola , Bobby Kamwa and Joe Hugill .
The home team had on the bench: Steve Seddon , Mark Helm , Ademola Ola-Adebomi , Mustapha Carayol , Ciaran Gilligan, Jamal Blackman and Antwoine Hackford.
Substitutions
Burton Albion made 4 changes: Joe Powell for Mark Helm (63′), John Brayford for Ademola Ola-Adebomi (63′), Joe Hugill for Mustapha Carayol (71′) and Bobby Kamwa for Steve Seddon (72′).
Player of the match: Joe Powell
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Burton Albion was Joe Powell.
His rating is with 24 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.
Peterborough United – Formation
Peterborough United
Peterborough United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Darren Ferguson played with: Jed Steer , Jadel Katongo , Ronnie Edwards , Josh Knight , Harrison Burrows , Hector Kyprianou , Archie Collins , Kwame Poku , Joel Randall , Ephron Mason-Clarke and Ricky Jade-Jones .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicholas Bilokapic, Romoney Crichlow, Ryan De Havilland, Jonson Clarke-Harris , Michael Olakigbe, David Ajiboye and Malik Mothersille.
Peterborough United could not rely on the presence of Jonson Clarke-Harris (injured).
Substitutions
Peterborough United made 5 changes: Joel Randall for David Ajiboye (83′), Ricky Jade-Jones for Jonson Clarke-Harris (83′), Ephron Mason-Clarke for Ryan De Havilland (90′), Jadel Katongo for Romoney Crichlow (89′) and Kwame Poku for Malik Mothersille (89′).
Player of the match: Josh Knight
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Peterborough United was Josh Knight.
His rating is with 1 goal, 130 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Wigan Athletic – Leyton Orient – 1-0
- Stevenage – Fleetwood Town – 0-0
- Reading – Wycombe Wanderers – 1-2
- Port Vale – Shrewsbury Town – 1-2
- Oxford United – Cheltenham Town – 2-1
- Exeter City – Bolton Wanderers – 2-2
- Charlton Athletic – Carlisle United – 3-2
- Cambridge United – Northampton Town – 1-1
- Burton Albion – Peterborough United – 1-3
- Bristol Rovers – Derby County – 0-3
- Blackpool – Portsmouth – 0-0
- Barnsley – Lincoln City – 1-5
