Burton Albion vs Rotherham United

25 January 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee T Reeves

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Jón Daði Böðvarsson 8’, 41’
Ryan Sweeney 39’
John Joshua Mckiernan 47’

Louie Sibley 2’
Andre Green 61’

Match summary

Burton Albion came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Rotherham United. Burton Albion led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Louie Sibley put Rotherham United ahead in the 2nd minute, Jón Daði Böðvarsson equalised in the 8th minute, Ryan Sweeney put Burton Albion in front with a header in the 39th minute, and Böðvarsson made it 3-1 in the 41st minute. In the second half, John Joshua Mckiernan made it 4-1 with a header in the 47th minute and Andre Green pulled one back to make it 4-2 with a header in the 61st minute.

Shots finished 15-12 to Burton Albion, with 7 on target for Burton Albion and 2 for Rotherham United.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Burton Albion Rotherham United

Kick-off

2’

Louie Sibley

0-1

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

1-1

8’

Ryan Sweeney

2-1

39’

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

3-1

41’

Half-time3-1

John Joshua Mckiernan

4-1

47’

61’

Andre Green

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Burton Albion

Jack Armer
John Joshua Mckiernan

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rotherham United attacking Burton Albion attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Max Crocombe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Terence Vancooten	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Sweeney	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jack Armer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Udoka Godwin-Malife	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Webster	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kgagelo Chauke	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
John Joshua Mckiernan Taken off	76′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Owen Dodgson	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Rumarn Burrell Taken off	87′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Jón Daði Böðvarsson Taken off	87′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Mason Bennett Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Billy Bodin Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Danilo Orsi-Dadomo Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players15 players


Dillon Phillips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rafferty Taken off	88′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Hakeem Odofin	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Zak Jules	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Reece James Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Humphreys	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex MacDonald Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Powell	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Louie Sibley Taken off	89′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Mallik Wilks	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Andre Green	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Sean Raggett Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Cohen Bramall Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Holmes Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Hugill Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 26% Avg odds 3.63

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.24

Rotherham United win 45% Avg odds 2.07

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

Form going into the game

Burton Albion D D L D W

Rotherham United D W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rotherham United 2-2 Burton Albion, 14 Sep 24 Next meeting: Rotherham United 2-2 Burton Albion, 04 Nov 25 All Burton Albion vs Rotherham United 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.