Rescued A Point
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 2–2
League One · Matchday 7
Burton Albion
A. Oshilaja 16'
J. Armer 28'
2 – 2
FT
HT 2–1
Mansfield Town
M. Smith 40'
L. Akins 70'
League One
Matchday 7Burton Albion2–2Mansfield Town
0.83
Expected goals
1.58
16′28′40′70′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: BA 0.83, MT 1.58.
Match report
Burton Albion 2-2 Mansfield Town
Burton Albion and Mansfield Town shared 4 goals in a 2-2 League One draw at Pirelli Stadium. Oshilaja turned into his own net on 16' to make it 0-1, Armer levelled for Burton Albion on 28', Smith put Mansfield Town back in front on 40' and Akins made it 3-1 to Mansfield Town on 70'.
Expected goals finished Burton Albion 0.83, Mansfield Town 1.58. Mansfield Town created the better of it and will feel a point was a poor return.
Mansfield Town had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Burton Albion graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.83 expected goals. Mansfield Town graded out for box occupation — 9 of 12 shots in the box and 0.13 xg per shot.
Jack Armer came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.6 for Burton Albion from 1 goal, 2 shots and 1 tackle.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Mansfield Town conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
51%Possession49%
10Shots12
0.83xG1.58
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Burton Albion
Burton Albion finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.83 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.83
- Overperformance
- +1.17
Box Occupation
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 12
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.13
Shooting From Range
Burton Albion
Burton Albion could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 60% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 6 of 10
- Share
- 60%
- xG per shot
- 0.08
Timeline
A. Oshilaja
🔴16'
🟨21'
Elliott Hewitt
Foul
🟨23'
Ryan Sweeney
Foul
J. Armer — assist: C. Vickers
⚽28'
Will Collar
Foul
🟨39'
⚽40'
M. Smith — assist: N. Moriah-Welsh
Half-time
🔄46'
K. Knoyle ↑ E. Hewitt ↓
🟨49'
Louis Reed
Foul
🔄53'
R. Oates ↑ L. Thompson ↓
🟨59'
Michael Smith
Foul
S. Krubally ↑ W. Collar ↓
🔄62'
🔄62'
L. Bolton ↑ M. Smith ↓
🔄62'
L. Akins ↑ N. Moriah-Welsh ↓
K. Adom ↑ H. Araujo ↓
🔄63'
M. Dennis ↑ C. Vickers ↓
🔄63'
⚽70'
L. Akins
🔄75'
F. Blake-Tracy ↑ S. McLaughlin ↓
E. Adiele ↑ R. Borges Rodrigues ↓
🔄82'
🟨90+3'
Frazer Blake-Tracy
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenuePirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
RefereeO. Mackey
CompetitionLeague One
Season2026
RoundMatchday 7
StatusMatch Finished