Tranmere 1-1 Burton Albion: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Tranmere

(4)

Charlie Jay Whitaker 37'

Burton Albion

(5)

B. Whitfield 10'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

1st Round

August 19, 2025 6:45pm

Prenton Park, Birkenhead, Merseyside

Key stats

Ball Possession

63%

37%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Tranmere 3-4-2-1

Burton Albion 4-3-2-1

Goalkeeper

L. McGee

7.7

K. Dudek

6.9

Defenders

J. Turnbull

7.7

J. Taroni

6.3

N. Smith

6.9

F. Delap

7.2

J. Lowe

7.5

G. Bajrami

6.3

N. Akoto

7.2

Midfielders

E. Bristow

6.6

Dylan Williams

6.9

R. Smallwood

7.0

C. Gilligan

7.2

Billy Blacker

6.2

B. Whitfield

6.2

C. Norman

7.6

J. Newall

6.0

Julian Larsson

6.3

Forwards

S. Solomon

6.3

T. Shade

6.2

Charlie Jay Whitaker

7.3

C. Jennings

6.3

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Highest rating

7.7

J. Turnbull

7.2

N. Akoto

Match Summary

On August 19, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Tranmere faced off against Burton Albion at Prenton Park, Birkenhead, Merseyside. The game ended in a draw. With Tranmere possessing 63% of the ball compared to Burton Albion's 37%, and shots on goal at 5 to 2. Tranmere had 83% successful passes (of 575 passes) over Burton Albion which had 67% successful passes (of 322 passes). The outstanding efforts by J. Turnbull and N. Akoto played a key role

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-3-2-1

McGee

7.7

Played:
90Min

Saves:
1 of 2

Accurate passes:
28/35

Key passes:
1

Lowe

7.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
65/71

Won duels:
3/4

Smith

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
56/63

Won duels:
7/9

Turnbull

7.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
57/71

Won duels:
9/12

Norman

7.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
41/54

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Blacker

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
38/43

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Smallwood

7.0

Played:
60Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/49

Won duels:
7/9

Bristow

6.6

Played:
79Min

Accurate passes:
20/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
2/2

Whitaker

7.3

Played:
67Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
14/18

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/4

Solomon

6.3

Played:
67Min

Accurate passes:
13/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Jennings

6.3

Played:
67Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/37

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/8

Shade

6.2

Played:
64Min

Accurate passes:
8/11

Won duels:
2/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Newall

6.0

Played:
79Min

Accurate passes:
10/15

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/12

Larsson

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
14/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/13

Dribbles:
2/4

Williams

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
23/29

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Gilligan

7.2

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/31

Won duels:
4/5

Whitfield

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/29

Won duels:
1/7

Taroni

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Delap

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
23/29

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Bajrami

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
21/27

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/10

Akoto

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/36

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Dudek

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
4 of 5

Accurate passes:
26/54

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Andrew Crosby

Davison

5.7

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
7/7

Won duels:
1/5

Patrick

7.3

Played:
24Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/22

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
1/3

Harris

7.2

Played:
24Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/11

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Saunders

7.5

Played:
24Min

Accurate passes:
7/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
1/1

O'Connor

6.2

Played:
31Min

Accurate passes:
34/38

Key passes:
1

Murphy

Kenneh

Brough

Coach

Gary David Bowyer

Krubally

Sibbick

6.7

Played:
12Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
2/5

Tavares

5.9

Played:
27Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Revan

7.0

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
11/23

Won duels:
2/4

Armer

Chauke

Webster

Thistleton

Isted

Stats

Ball Possession

Tranmere: 63%

Burton Albion: 37%

Total Shots

Tranmere: 13

Burton Albion: 6

Shots on Goal

Tranmere: 5

Burton Albion: 2

Corner Kicks

Tranmere: 1

Burton Albion: 6

Offsides

Tranmere: 6

Burton Albion: 4

Fouls

Tranmere: 9

Burton Albion: 11

Yellow Cards

Tranmere: 1

Burton Albion: 2

Red Cards

Tranmere: 0

Burton Albion: 0

Total Passes

Tranmere: 575

Burton Albion: 322

Goals Prevented

Tranmere: 0

Burton Albion: 0

Passes Accuracy

Tranmere: 475 (83%)

Burton Albion: 216 (67%)

Tranmere vs Burton Albion

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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