Sky Bet League One
Matchday 10 of 46
Cardiff City Stadium
Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 - 7:45pm KO
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KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | KEY STAFF
Head Coach: Gary Bowyer
Assistant Head Coach: Pat Lyons
First Team Coach: John Brayford
Goalkeeper Coach: Jake Kean
Former full-back Gary Bowyer began his professional playing career with Hereford United, playing alongside his father Ian.
Gary began his managerial career with Blackburn Rovers in 2013 before later taking charge of Blackpool, Bradford City, Salford City and Dundee. He took over the Brewers during December of 2024 and performed heroics to keep them in the league, fighting back from a nine point deficit last term.
Amongst his staff is former Bluebirds defender, John Brayford. John began and finished his playing days with the Brewers, spending two seasons in South Wales between 2013-15.
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | SEASON SO FAR
Burton Albion are the only Club in the league to have just played eight games so far this season, with international call-ups altering their originally scheduled fixtures against City and Rotherham United.
They have one win, two draws and five defeats thus far, with their single league victory coming on the opening day, beating Mansfield Town, 2-1, on August 2nd.
The Brewers did win their opening Vertu Trophy game of the campaign, defeating Liverpool 21s, 2-0, earlier this month. They reached the second round of the Carabao Cup, having beaten Tranmere Rovers on penalties, before falling to Lincoln City.
Midfielder Charlie Webster is the only Burton Albion player with more than one goal in the league this term, having netted twice. Jake Beesley, Fábio Tavares and Udoka Godwin-Malifé have each scored once.
2025/26 Squad
GK | Jordan Amissah, Brad Collins, Kamil Dudek, Harry Isted
DEF | Udoka Godwin-Malifé, Jack Armer, Terence Vancooten, Toby Sibbick, Nick Akoto, Kyran Lofthouse, Alex Hartridge, Jasper Moon, Dylan Williams, Jason Sraha, Sebastian Revan, Finn Delap, Josh Taroni.
MID | Kgaogelo Chauke, JJ McKiernan, Charlie Webster, George Evans, Jack Hazlehurst, Ciaran Gilligan, James Jones.
FOR | Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade, Fábio Tavares, Julian Larsson, Jack Newall.
IN DAYS GONE BY
05/08/17 | Burton Albion 0-1 Cardiff City
Our competitive match history with the Brewers only goes back to 2010, with City defeating Burton Albion, 4-1, in the league cup on that occasion. To date, in the six games we've played against them, City have four wins and two defeats.
Three of these games came during City's remarkable 2017/18 campaign. While the Brewers got the best of City in the cup, Neil Warnock's brilliant Bluebirds managed two victories in the league.
In today's preview, we take a look back at the first game of that season. Warnock's side went to the Pirelli Stadium for their opening encounter of the campaign with expectations high.
This was the first competitive City game for Neil Etheridge, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Danny Ward, Loïc Damour and Lee Tomlin.
They came up against a defiant Brewers side though, who managed to quell the magic of Tomlin on that day and keep City at bay.
Until, up stepped City's talisman and number 10, Kenneth Zohore, taking his first competitive outing in that shirt. And he certainly earned it on that day. With just three minutes remaining, Zohore picked the ball up just outside the box, took a touch to evade his marker and fired the ball low into the net, right in front of the travelling Bluebirds fans.
City: Etheridge, Peltier, Bamba, Morrison, Manga (Mendez-Laing 65'), Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Hoilett (Ward 80'), Tomlin (Damour 65'), Zohore. Subs Not Used: Murphy, Halford, Richards, Pilkington.
