Burton Albion vs Reading

28 January 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Rumarn Burrell 10’, 90+2’
Jón Daði Böðvarsson 29’

Michael Craig 69’
Sam Smith 71’

Match summary

Burton Albion beat Reading 3-2, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Burton Albion led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rumarn Burrell put Burton Albion ahead with a header in the 10th minute and Jón Daði Böðvarsson made it 2-0 in the 29th minute. In the second half, Michael Craig pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute, Sam Smith equalised with a header in the 71st minute, and Burrell won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 16-12 to Reading, with 6 on target for Burton Albion and 5 for Reading.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Burton Albion Reading

Kick-off

Rumarn Burrell

1-0

10’

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

2-0

29’

Half-time2-0

69’

Michael Craig

2-1

71’

Sam Smith

2-2

Rumarn Burrell

3-2

90+2’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Reading

Andre Garcia
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Reading attacking Burton Albion attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Max Crocombe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Terence Vancooten	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Sweeney	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jack Armer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Udoka Godwin-Malife	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Webster	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
John Joshua Mckiernan Taken off	86′	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
Kgagelo Chauke	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Owen Dodgson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rumarn Burrell	90′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jón Daði Böðvarsson Taken off	82′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Mason Bennett Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tomas Kalinauskas Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Joel Pereira	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Craig	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Harlee Dean	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Tyler Bindon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andre Garcia Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harvey Knibbs	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Lewis Wing	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Charlie Savage	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Chem Campbell Taken off	87′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sam Smith	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Abrefa Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Mamadi Camara Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jayden Wareham Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Burton Albion win 40% Avg odds 2.32

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37

Reading win 32% Avg odds 2.93

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Burton Albion D L D W W

Reading W W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Reading 3-1 Burton Albion, 01 Oct 24 Next meeting: Reading 2-0 Burton Albion, 01 Jan 26 All Burton Albion vs Reading meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.