Burton Albion 0–1 Cardiff City

BRABurton Albion

0–1

Full Time

CARCardiff

K. Zohorè 87′ · assist L. Damour

Saturday 5 August at 15:00 · Pirelli Stadium · Referee Geoff Eltringham

Match stats

45%Possession55%

3Shots17

0Shots on target6

4Corners6

355Passes320

63%Pass accuracy63%

6Saves0

13Fouls15

1Offsides1

1Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

How it happened

4′Kyle McFadzean · home
64′Hope Akpan on for Marvin Sordell · home
65′L. Damour on for Lee Tomlin · away
65′Nathaniel Mendez-Laing on for Bruno Ecuele Manga · away
78′Luke Varney on for Lloyd Dyer · home
80′Danny Ward on for Junior Hoilett · away
87′K. Zohorè · assist L. Damour · away

Line-ups

BRABurton Albion4-5-1

1Stephen Bywater
3Stephen Warnock
4John Mousinho▾ 89′ (Sbarra on)
5Kyle McFadzean
7Luke Murphy
8Matty Lund
10L. Akins
11Lloyd Dyer▾ 78′ (Varney on)
17Marvin Sordell▾ 64′ (Akpan on)
23J. Buxton
36Jackson Irvine

16Luke Varney

Next meetingCardiff City v Burton AlbionTue, 30 Sept 2025

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Burton Albion

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Draws

2

Cardiff

We go again

BRA

89′Joe Sbarra on for John Mousinho · home

▴ 78′ for Dyer

21Hope Akpan▴ 64′ for Sordell

26Joe Sbarra▴ 89′ for Mousinho

Bench: Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Harry Campbell, Shaun Barker

CARCardiff3-4-1-2

2Lee Peltier
3Joe Bennett
4S. Morrison
5Bruno Ecuele Manga▾ 65′ (Mendez-Laing on)
7Lee Tomlin▾ 65′ (Damour on)
8J. Ralls
10K. Zohorè
14Sol Bamba
17A. Gunnarsson
25N. Etheridge
33Junior Hoilett▾ 80′ (Ward on)

9Danny Ward▴ 80′ for Hoilett

19Nathaniel Mendez-Laing▴ 65′ for Manga

20L. DamourA▴ 65′ for Tomlin

Bench: J. Richards, Alberto Suárez, Greg Halford, B. Murphy

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