2019–20 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion
2019–20 season
Chairman	Ben Robinson
Manager	Nigel Clough; (Until 18 May 2020); Jake Buxton; (From 18 May 2020)
Stadium	Pirelli Stadium
League One	12th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Liam Boyce (8); All: ; Liam Boyce (14)
Biggest win	4–0 (one match)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (two matches)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Burton Albion's 70th season in their history and their third in League One. Along with competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season ran from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Kieran O'Hara	GK	Manchester	24	42	0	Manchester United	8 July 2019	Loan	2020
13	Stephen Bywater	GK	Oldham	39	61	0	Kerala Blasters	16 January 2016	Free	2020
20	Callum Hawkins	GK		20	0	0	Academy	9 May 2018	Trainee	2020
24	Ben Garratt	GK	Market Drayton	26	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	18 October 2019	Free	2020
Defenders
2	John Brayford	RB/CB	Stoke-on-Trent	32	234	13	Sheffield United	31 August 2017	Free	2020
3	Colin Daniel	LB/LM	Eastwood	32	49	0	Peterborough United	21 January 2019	Undisclosed	2020
5	Jake Buxton	RB/CB	Sutton-in-Ashfield	35	140	1	Wigan Athletic	1 July 2017	Free	2020
6	Kieran Wallace	LB/LM	Nottingham	25	61	2	Free Agent	30 October 2018	Free	2020
15	Reece Hutchinson	LB		19	54	0	Academy	9 May 2018	Trainee	2021
16	Conor Shaughnessy	CB	Galway	24	8	0	Leeds United	13 January 2020	Loan	2020
18	Richard Nartey	CB		21	29	0	Chelsea	1 July 2019	Loan	2020
19	Jevan Anderson	CB	Aberdeen	20	3	0	Formartine United	1 July 2019	Free	2020
26	Ben Hart	DF		19	0	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	2020
	Nathan Morley	LB		19	0	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	2020
Midfielders
4	Ryan Edwards	AM	Singapore	26	44	7	Heart of Midlothian	23 July 2019	2021
7	Stephen Quinn	CM	Dublin	34	86	2	Reading	22 August 2018	Free	2020
8	Scott Fraser	AM	Dundee	25	90	16	Dundee United	5 July 2018	Free	2020
12	Ben Fox	CM	Burton upon Trent	22	41	2	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	2021
14	Joe Sbarra	CM	Lichfield	21	67	1	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2020
21	John-Joe O'Toole	CM	Harrow	31	36	0	Northampton Town	1 July 2019	Free	2021
23	Joe Powell	AM	Canning Town	21	10	3	West Ham United	14 January 2020	Undisclosed	2022
	Ethan Vale	CM		19	0	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	2020
Forwards
9	Nathan Broadhead	LW/CF	Bangor	22	22	3	Everton	2 August 2019	Loan	2020
10	Lucas Akins	CF/LWB	Huddersfield	31	273	58	Stevenage	1 July 2014	Free	2021
17	Oliver Sarkic	CF/AM	Grimsby	22	36	5	Leeds United	1 August 2019	Free	2020
27	Kwame Thomas	Centre forward	Nottingham	24	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	4 February 2020	Free	2020
29	Jamie Murphy	LW	Glasgow	30	10	7	Rangers	20 January 2020	Loan	2020

Statistics

As of 20 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Kieran O'Hara	42	0	33+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	John Brayford	40	3	29+3	2	3+0	1	3+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Colin Daniel	31	0	19+5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
4	MF	AUS	Ryan Edwards	43	7	32+0	5	4+0	1	4+0	1	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jake Buxton	30	1	20+4	1	4+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Kieran Wallace	36	1	20+6	1	2+1	0	4+0	0	3+0	0
7	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn	37	1	26+2	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	1
8	MF	SCO	Scott Fraser	41	9	25+5	5	3+1	2	4+0	1	2+1	1
9	FW	WAL	Nathan Broadhead	23	3	13+7	2	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Lucas Akins	46	11	35+0	9	4+0	1	3+0	0	4+0	1
13	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Joe Sbarra	33	1	6+16	1	1+3	0	0+4	0	3+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Reece Hutchinson	23	0	8+9	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
16	DF	IRL	Conor Shaughnessy	8	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	MNE	Oliver Šarkić	36	5	24+4	3	1+1	1	4+0	1	0+2	0
18	DF	ENG	Richard Nartey	29	0	20+5	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
19	DF	SCO	Jevan Anderson	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
21	MF	IRL	John-Joe O'Toole	36	0	25+0	0	3+1	0	4+0	0	3+0	0
22	FW	ENG	Chris Beardsley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Powell	10	3	7+3	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	ENG	Ben Garratt	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Ben Hart	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Kwame Thomas	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	SCO	Jamie Murphy	10	7	10+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
11	MF	SCO	David Templeton	27	5	7+11	3	4+0	1	0+2	0	3+0	1
23	MF	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	9	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
27	FW	NIR	Liam Boyce	33	14	17+8	8	3+0	1	4+0	5	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 20 March 2020

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	27	CF	Liam Boyce	8	1	5	0	14
2	10	CF	Lucas Akins	9	1	0	1	11
3	8	AM	Scott Fraser	5	2	1	1	9
4	4	AM	Ryan Edwards	5	1	1	0	7
4	29	LW	Jamie Murphy	7	0	0	0	7
6	11	RW	David Templeton	3	1	0	1	5
6	17	CF	Oliver Šarkić	3	1	1	0	5
8	2	RB	John Brayford	2	1	0	0	3
	9	LW	Nathan Broadhead	2	0	1	0	3
	23	AM	Joe Powell	3	0	0	0	3
11	5	CB	Jake Buxton	1	0	0	0	1
	6	LB	Kieran Wallace	1	0	0	0	1
	7	CM	Stephen Quinn	0	0	0	1	1
	14	CM	Joe Sbarra	1	0	0	0	1
Total				49	8	9	4	71

Disciplinary record

As of 20 March 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	21		CM	John-Joe O'Toole	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1
2	7		CM	Stephen Quinn	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0
3	4		AM	Ryan Edwards	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	5		CB	Jake Buxton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
5	6		LB	Kieran Wallace	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	10		LW	Lucas Akins	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	17		CF	Oliver Šarkić	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
	18		CB	Richard Nartey	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	1		GK	Kieran O'Hara	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	2		RB	John Brayford	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	3		LB	Colin Daniel	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8		AM	Scott Fraser	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	27		CF	Liam Boyce	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	9		LW	Nathan Broadhead	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	14		CM	Joe Sbarra	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	15		LB	Reece Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		CB	Jevan Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	23		AM	Joe Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					51	3	1	4	0	0	6	0	0	6	0	0	67	3	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB	Jevan Anderson	Formartine United	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2019	CM	John-Joe O'Toole	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[2]
23 July 2019	AM	Ryan Edwards	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 August 2019	CF	Oliver Šarkić	Leeds United	Free transfer	^[4]
24 September 2019	LW	Lloyd Dyer	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[5]
18 October 2019	GK	Ben Garratt	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	^[6]
14 January 2020	AM	Joe Powell	West Ham United	Undisclosed	^[7]
4 February 2020	CF	Kwame Thomas	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	^[8]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB	Richard Nartey	Chelsea	30 June 2020	^[9]
8 July 2019	GK	Kieran O'Hara	Manchester United	30 June 2020	^[10]
2 August 2019	LW	Nathan Broadhead	Everton	30 June 2020	^[11]
13 January 2020	CB	Conor Shaughnessy	Leeds United	30 June 2020	^[12]
20 January 2020	LW	Jamie Murphy	Rangers	30 June 2020	^[13]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
13 September 2019	MF	Ethan Vale	Grantham Town	14 October 2019	^[14]
16 September 2019	LB	Nathan Morley	Newcastle Town	26 December 2019^[15]	^[16]
20 September 2019	RB	Ben Hart	Kidsgrove Athletic	October 2019	^[17]
19 December 2019	MF	Ethan Vale	Newcastle Town	30 June 2020	^[18]^[19]
17 January 2020	RB	Ben Hart	Kidsgrove Athletic	April 2020	^[20]
17 January 2020	FW	Jack Holmes	Halesowen Town	Work experience	^[20]
31 January 2020	CB	Jevan Anderson	Hereford	29 February 2020	^[21]
14 February 2020	RB	Ben Hart	Tamworth	March 2020	^[22]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM	Jamie Allen	Coventry City	Undisclosed	^[23]
1 July 2019	GK	Harry Campbell	Free agent	Released	^[24]
1 July 2019	LB	Damien McCrory	Notts County	Released	^[24]^[25]
1 July 2019	CB	Kyle McFadzean	Coventry City	Released	^[24]^[26]
1 July 2019	AM	William Miller	Free agent	Released	^[24]
18 July 2019	RW	Marcus Harness	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	^[27]
26 July 2019	ST	Marvin Sordell	Retired	—	^[28]
25 January 2020	CF	Liam Boyce	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed	^[29]
31 January 2020	RW	David Templeton	Hamilton Academical	Free transfer	^[30]

Pre-season

The Brewers confirmed their pre-season schedule in June 2019.^[31]

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Matlock Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Matlock
15:00 BST	Marshall 24'	Report	Boyce 53'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Referee: Richard Eley

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Burton Albion	2–1	Sheffield United	Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 BST	Brayford 40' Harness 90+1'	Report	Sharp 16'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Burton Albion	2–5	Derby County	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 BST	Brayford 22' Fraser 51'	Report	Waghorn 16', 26', 36' Bennett 47' Bird 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Solihull Moors	0–0	Burton Albion	Solihull
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Automated Technology Group Stadium

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) Friendly	Mickleover Sports	2–0	Burton Albion	Mickleover
19:45 BST	Modeste 2' Smith 42'	Report		Stadium: Station Road

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Chesterfield	2–5	Burton Albion	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Spyrou 2' Evans 60'	Report	Fraser 12' Boyce 29', 30' Edwards 34' Buxton 63' Akins 90+2'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 1,092

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) Friendly	Nuneaton Borough	4–4	Burton Albion	Nuneaton
19:30 BST	Clifton 35' Edmunds 45', 53' Benbow 84'	Report	Sbarra 20' Hewlett 26', 56' Lowe 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coombe Abbey Arena Attendance: 329

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
8	Sunderland	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59	1.64
9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	1.59
10	Gillingham	35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51	1.46
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	1.44
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	1.37
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45	1.29
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45	1.29
15	Shrewsbury Town	34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41	1.21
16	Lincoln City	35	12	6	17	44	46	−2	42	1.20

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences^[32]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	6	8	3	19	14	+5	6	4	8	31	36	−5

Last updated: 10 March 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D
Position	17	11	16	9	11	8	11	9	14	14	15	13	13	13	15	14	12	15	16	14	12	14	12	11	6	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[33]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Burton Albion	0–1	Ipswich Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Quinn 27' 78' Edwards 36' Fraser 90+2'	Report	Garbutt 11' Norwood 53' Downes 58' Judge 88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Ross Joyce

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Gillingham	1–2	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Cisse 7'	Report	O'Toole 10' Broadhead 42', 45' Brayford 90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,682 Referee: James Lingington

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Burton Albion	0–1	Rotherham United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST		Report	O'Hara 24' (o.g.) Robertson 84'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Nick Kinseley

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Oxford United	2–4	Burton Albion	Oxford
19:45 BST	Brannagan 47' Forde 56' Rodriguez 74'	Report	Buxton 30' Edwards 34' Broadhead 42' Fraser 61', 70', 84'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Brett Huxtable

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie 73'	Report	O'Toole 55'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,553 Referee: Lee Swabey

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Burton Albion	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Edwards 33' 90+5' Akins 87'	Report	Craig 10' Clarke 60' Davies 81'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,831 Referee: Peter Wright

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)	Sunderland	v	Burton Albion	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: The match was postponed on 28 August 2019, due to international call-ups.^[34]

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Burton Albion	0–0	Coventry City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	O'Toole 62' Nartey 89'	Report	Walsh 57' McFadzean 80'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 8	Portsmouth	2–2	Burton Albion	Milton
19:45 BST	Curtis 39' Downing 90' Pitman 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Sbarra 3' Wallace 6' O'Toole 21' 25' Quinn 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,610 Referee: Craig Hicks

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Burton Albion	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Banks 60' 90+2' Borthwick-Jackson 66' Payne 90+5'	Report	Wallace 16' Akins 66' (pen.) O'Hara 78' Hutchinson 86'	Stadium: Prenton Park Referee: Alan Young

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 10	Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	Burton Albion	Denbigh
15:00 BST		Report	Boyce 32', 90+1' Sarkic 54'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,111 Referee: Oliver Yates

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)	Burton Albion	v	Bolton Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: The match was postponed on 1 October 2019, due to international call-ups.^[35]

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 11	Fleetwood Town	4–1	Burton Albion	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 38' Madden 58', 68', 90' Coutts 86'	Report	Wallace 5' Sarkic 45' Boyce 90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 12	Burton Albion	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Templeton 31' O'Toole 57'	Report	Kalambayi 22'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,223 Referee: Darren Handley

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 13	Burton Albion	0–0	Blackpool	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST		Report	Tilt 3' 57'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Carl Boyeson

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 14	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Burton Albion	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Taylor 39' Sadlier 57' Ben Whiteman 74'	Report	Templeton 36' Akins 53' (pen) Quinn 90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,492 Referee: Neil Hair

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	Burton Albion	v	Southend United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: On 5 November, the match was postponed due to international call-ups.^[36]

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 15	Peterborough United	1–0	Burton Albion	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Ward 64' 90+1'	Report	Edwards 53' O'Hara 84'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Will Finnie

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 16	Sunderland	1–2	Burton Albion	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	McGeady 19' (pen.) Power 29'	Report	Edwards 20' Quinn 50' Sarkic 56' Boyce 68' Daniel 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Robert Lewis

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) 17	Burton Albion	1–1	Southend United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	O'Toole 33' Fraser 49' Buxton 81'	Report	McLaughlin 21' 52' Demetriou 35' Dieng 48'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,880 Referee: Darren Drysdale

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18	Burton Albion	0–2	Lincoln City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Edwards 26' Wallace 61' Quinn 90+2'	Report	Anderson 2' Hesketh 13' Eardley 63' Bolger 84' Walker 90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,782 Referee: Ben Toner

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Burton Albion	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Wheeler 24' Thompson 44' Jombati 45+3' Bloomfield 90'	Report	Quinn 44' Buxton 78'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,448 Referee: Neil Hair

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20	Burton Albion	3–1	Rochdale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Edwards 11' Akins 18' (pen.) Boyce 82'	Report	Camps 2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21	Burton Albion	4–2	Tranmere Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Fraser 12' Buxton 30' Quinn 41' Akins 50' Boyce 60', 86'	Report	Ferrier 26' Morris 45+2' 64' Danns 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Oliver Yates

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Burton Albion	Accrington
15:00 GMT	McConville 39' Opoku 50' Sykes 65' Finley 71'	Report	Nartey 62' Akins 90+1'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 23	Bolton Wanderers	3–4	Burton Albion	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Dodoo 5' D. Murphy 11' L. Murphy 29' 49' Buckley 75' Politic 84'	Report	Templeton 13' Akins 26', 45+1' Fraser 70' Boyce 81'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Referee: Scott Oldham

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)	Burton Albion	v	Milton Keynes Dons	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: The match was postponed on 2 December due to the clubs progression in the FA Cup.^[37]

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 24	Burton Albion	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Edwards 89'	Report	Connolly 17' Souttar 59' Evans 61'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,354 Referee: Josh Smith

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) 25	Burton Albion	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Boyce 20' 57'	Report	Walsh 55' Gilbey 77'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Martin Coy

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 26	Burton Albion	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Brayford 30' O'Toole 36' Edwards 45+2' Quinn 59'	Report	Charles 15' 45+4' Opoku 22' Hughes 45+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,759 Referee: Kevin Johnson

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 27	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Burton Albion	Norbiton
19:45 GMT	Pinnock 16' Hartigan 56' Reilly 60' Rudoni 69'	Report	Powell 7' Quinn 28' Murphy 41'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 3,674 Referee: John Busby

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 28	Rotherham United	3–2	Burton Albion	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Smith 9', 46' Ladapo 71' 90+2'	Report	Murphy 7' Sarkic 32' 47'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,563 Referee: James Adcock

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 29	Burton Albion	0–0	Gillingham	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Sarkic 42' 67' O'Toole 76' Nartey 90+2'	Report	Fuller 21' Roberts 88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Alan Young

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 30	Burton Albion	2–2	Oxford United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Akins 21' Murphy 71' Powell 89'	Report	Rodriguez 41' Taylor 45+1' 90+1' Agyei 63' Dickie 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,278 Referee: Steve Martin

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 31	Ipswich Town	4–1	Burton Albion	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Garbutt 23' Judge 29', 63' Jackson 45+1', 52' Nolan 67'	Report	Murphy 6'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,922 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 32	Southend United	2–3	Burton Albion	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Mantom 29' O'Toole 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Akins 5' 90+3' Edwards 49' O'Toole 54' Murphy 74'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,571 Referee: Craig Hicks

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 33	Burton Albion	1–1	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	O'Toole 29' Brayford 65'	Report	Eisa 52' Dembélé 61' Thompson 70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Brett Huxtable

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 34	Lincoln City	3–2	Burton Albion	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Hopper 21', 38' Bostwick 61' Morrell 62'	Report	Powell 6', 30' O'Toole 61' Buxton 75' Akins 80'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,474 Referee: Scott Oldham

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 35	Burton Albion	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Murphy 28', 65' Sbarra 90'	Report	Delaney 20' Nsiala 34' Hamilton 38'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Thomas Bramall

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Burton Albion	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[38]

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Rochdale	v	Burton Albion	Spotland
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[38]

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Burton Albion	v	Doncaster Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[38]

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Blackpool	v	Burton Albion	Blackpool
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Burton Albion	v	Shrewsbury Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Bristol Rovers	v	Burton Albion	Horfield
13:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Burton Albion	v	Sunderland	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Coventry City	v	Burton Albion	Bordesley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Burton Albion	v	Portsmouth	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[40] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[41] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[42]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Salford City	1–1	Burton Albion	Salford
15:00 GMT	Jones 24' Towell 83'	Report	Fraser 78' Broadhead 86'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Alan Young

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) First round replay	Burton Albion	4–1	Salford City	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Akins 42' Brayford 62' 70' Templeton 64' Sarkic 81'	Report	Touray 52'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,479 Referee: Marc Edwards

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Second round	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Burton Albion	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Iacovitti 31' Maouche 84' Akpa Akpro 90+2'	Report	Sbarra 15' Boyce 23' O'Hara 81'	Stadium: Boundary Park Referee: Andy Davies

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Third round	Burton Albion	2–4	Northampton Town	Burton upon Trent
14:01 GMT	Edwards 45+2' Fraser 90+1'	Report	Adams 10' Watson 23' Lines 44' Goode 45+1' Wharton 58' Turnbull 62' Hoskins 70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,810 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[43] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[44] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[45] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.^[46]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Port Vale	1–2	Burton Albion	Burslem
19:45 BST	Gibbons 43' Cullen 53' (pen.) Bennett 83' Amoo 90+2'	Report	Boyce 9' Fraser 62' Akins 79' Daniel 90+1'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 2,252 Referee: Paul Marsden

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round	Burton Albion	4–0	Morecambe	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Daniel 19' Boyce 34', 45+2', 74' Edwards 51'	Report	Brewitt 58'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Third round	Burton Albion	2–0	Bournemouth	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Sarkic 14' Nartey 38' Edwards 53' Akins 70' Broadhead 72'	Report	Simpson 50' Ibe 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,505 Referee: John Busby

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Fourth round	Burton Albion	1–3	Leicester City	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Boyce 52'	Report	Iheanacho 7' Tielemans 20' Maddison 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Darren England

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[47]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Everton U21	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	1	0	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	0	2	0	1	4	6	−2	4
4	L1	Burton Albion	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Burton Albion	Crewe
19:30 BST	Kirk 81' Green 87'	Report	Quinn 13' Fraser 23' Akins 45+1' Brayford 82' Wallace 89'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 917 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) Group stage	Burton Albion	0–2	Everton U21	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Simms 6' Evans 59' Adeniran 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Andy Haines

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Burton Albion	1–2	Mansfield Town	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Templeton 35' Buxton 37' Fraser 52' Anderson 72' Quinn 74'	Report	Rose 23' 53' Sweeney 34' Preston 47' Clarke 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 485 Referee: Leigh Doughty

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[7] "Midfielder Joe Powell Joins Brewers From West Ham". Burton Albion F.C. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[8] "Brewers Sign Striker Kwame Thomas". Burton Albion F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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