Match ends, Burton Albion 0, Fleetwood Town 1.
BurtonBurton Albion0FleetwoodFleetwood Town1
Ashley Nadesan's first goal for Fleetwood secured a third straight away win for Joey Barton's side as they put an end to Burton's six-match unbeaten run at the Pirelli Stadium.
The forward, who returned from a productive spell at Carlisle in January, timed his run to the back post to perfection to finish off Paddy Madden's cross after Town had weathered a spell of early second-half pressure from the home side.
In a lacklustre game, typical of two sides ensconced in mid-table, there was a distinct lack of clear chances as defences dominated and a lack of quality epitomised the game.
Albion went closest in the first half with Liam Boyce and Lucas Akins both failing to seriously trouble Alex Cairns.
Nadesan broke the deadlock and Fleetwood almost doubled their advantage soon afterwards when right-back Lewie Coyle curled a low effort wide of the far post from the edge of the box, before substitute Ash Hunter rattled the crossbar in stoppage time.
Victory for Town pushed them five points clear of their hosts and keeps alive hopes of a late run for the League One play-offs.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Burton
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 40Collins
- 2BrayfordSubstituted forSbarraat 73'minutes
- 3Buxton
- 5McFadzean
- 26Daniel
- 16Harness
- 4AllenSubstituted forBradleyat 90'minutes
- 23Quinn
- 11TempletonSubstituted forFraserat 59'minutes
- 27Boyce
- 10Akins
Substitutes
- 1Bywater
- 7Fraser
- 9Sbarra
- 15Bradley
- 18Miller
- 19Hutchinson
- 22Wallace
Fleetwood
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Cairns
- 7Burns
- 5EasthamBooked at 90mins
- 12Souttar
- 26Husband
- 2Coyle
- 4HoltBooked at 69minsSubstituted forSheronat 72'minutes
- 28SowerbySubstituted forBigginsat 89'minutes
- 24NadesanSubstituted forHunterat 62'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9Evans
- 17MaddenBooked at 45mins
Substitutes
- 3Clarke
- 16Jones
- 22Hunter
- 27Biggins
- 29Sheron
- 34Garner
- 35Rydel
- Referee:
- Michael Salisbury
- Attendance:
- 2,634
Match Stats
Home TeamBurtonAway TeamFleetwood
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away1
- Corners
- Home13
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 0, Fleetwood Town 1.
Booking
James Husband (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by James Husband.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by James Husband.
Booking
Ashley Eastham (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Marcus Harness (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ashley Eastham (Fleetwood Town).
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Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by James Husband.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Wes Burns.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Alex Bradley replaces Jamie Allen.
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Attempt missed. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Harrison Biggins replaces Jack Sowerby.
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Foul by Colin Daniel (Burton Albion).
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Ched Evans (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Wes Burns.
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Hand ball by Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town).
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Foul by Stephen Quinn (Burton Albion).
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Lewie Coyle (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
