English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 17, 2018
Burton Albion WLLDL 1
–
Wolverhampton Wanderers DLWLW 3
1st2ndT
BRT101
WOL213
Molineux Stadium · 29,977 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Wolves ease to win over Burton to take step closer to promotion

Wolves ease to win over Burton to take step closer to promotion

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
0
29.4
Possession
70.6
3
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
675
300
Passes
750
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
0
13
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.0
64
Long Balls
67
15
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
5
18
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
15
17
Clearances
15

Head to Head

WOL leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 8Rúben NevesCM-L
  6. 27Romain SaïssCM-R
  7. 3Barry DouglasLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 19Benik AfobeF
  10. 7Ivan CavaleiroCF-L
  11. 17Hélder CostaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Alfred N'DiayeSUB
  2. 9Rafa MirSUB
  3. 33Léo BonatiniSUB
  4. 25Roderick MirandaSUB
  5. 6Danny BatthSUB
  6. 31Will NorrisSUB
  7. 24Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB

BRT · 5-4-1

  1. 1Stephen BywaterG
  2. 23Jake BuxtonCD
  3. 5Kyle McFadzeanCD-L
  4. 15Tom NaylorCD-R
  5. 14Damien McCroryLB
  6. 12Tom FlanaganRB
  7. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  8. 19Jacob DavenportCM-R
  9. 11Lloyd DyerLM
  10. 17Marvin SordellRM
  11. 27Liam BoyceF

Substitutes

  1. 7Luke MurphySUB
  2. 26Joe SbarraSUB
  3. 24Harry CampbellSUB
  4. 16Luke VarneySUB
  5. 9Darren BentSUB
  6. 29Tomas EgertSUB
  7. 25Shaun BarkerSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Burton Albion 0. Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Conor Coady with a through ball.
  2. 41' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Burton Albion 0. Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
  3. 44' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Burton Albion 1. Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Burton Albion. Luke Varney replaces Kyle McFadzean.
  5. 45' Substitution, Burton Albion. Joe Sbarra replaces Marvin Sordell.
  6. 53' Joe Sbarra (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Burton Albion 1. Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro.
  8. 76' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Ivan Cavaleiro.
  9. 82' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Léo Bonatini replaces Benik Afobe.
  10. 82' Substitution, Burton Albion. Tomas Egert replaces Liam Boyce.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Alfred N'Diaye replaces Rúben Neves.

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