The lights out of AFCB's Carabao Cup

Match Report

Burton Albion 2 v 0 AFCB

Carabao Cup 3rd Round

25 September 2019
Attendance: 2505

Eddie Howe didn't have much to look out on at Burton. It was
fitting that the lights went out of AFCB's performance.

Bournemouth travelled up to the Brewers with strong hopes of continuing their positive start to the season. However, they feel a goal down on 15 minutes when Sarkic volleyed in to give Burton Albion the lead. It could have been 2-0 moments later when Broadhead's shot was saved by Travers. When the flood lights went out, it perhaps gave AFCB a chance to get their heads back together. But Broadhead made it 2-0 on 72 minutes and Bournemouth were out of the cup.

Bournemouth rotated their squad and were probably taking a big risk by doing so. Still it gave a chance for Lloyd Kelly, Simon Francis and Lewis Cook to get some minutes in a competitive match and Solanke also had the pressure of trying to get off the mark for goals this season. Among the subs were Danjuma, Harry Wilson and Callum Wilson.

Match tweets
00 Pirelli Stadium

And we're off! Jordon Ibe gets us started

6 SHOT BREWERS: Boyce has a go from 20 yards - deflected wide

7 CORNER BREWERS: Travers comes to collect

8 CORNER BOURNEMOUTH: Headed clear by Akins8 A quiet start...The Cherries have seen a fair bit of the ball in the early stages but neither side has created too much going forward.

15 CHANCE BREWERS: Snapshot from Edwards as ball breaks in box - saved

Goal for Burton...A deep ball goes into the box and falls to Sarkic at the back post, who powers home to give the hosts the lead.

GOAL BREWERS: Sarkic slams the ball in at the far post from Hutchinson's cross . Great finish and first goal for Albion 1-017 CHANCE BREWERS: Broadhead gets the ball in space on the edge of the area and drives a shot at goal, but there is Travers to divert over the crossbar.

18 CORNER BREWERS: Too long for Boyce at far post

23 Ibe goes down... Ibe dribbles with the ball from the centre of the pitch and works his way into the box. He looks to be brought down, but the referee quickly waves claims away. 19 SHOT BREWERS: Boyce tries his luck and his effort is deflected wide

26 Wallace plays the ball long for Broadhead who heads wide of the far post

28 Free-kick for the Cherries... Solanke is fouled on the right and Fraser is over it, but the eventual ball in evades everyone and goes out the other side.

29 Edwards races onto a through ball in the box and only a last ditch challenge stops him being clean through on goal

33 Broadhead runs at the defence and is stopped by what looks like a handball but ref says no penalty

34 Sarkic is put in behind the Bournemouth back line by Boyce but he wastes a great chance to pull the ball back

36 CORNER BOURNEMOUTH: Taken short and eventually run out of play by Kilkenny

37 BOOKING: Yellow card for a foul on Ibe

40 Close!Fraser plays a great one-two with Solanke and charges down on goal, but O'Hara in the Burton net makes himself big, shuts down the angle and saves well.

42 O'Hara needs treatment after that save

Bournemouth corner

45 Good play on the left... Kelly receives it off Fraser on the left and drives a low ball into the box, but it's hooked clear by Burton as three minutes of added time are shown on the board. 45+3 Half time. That's it for the first half.

HALF-TIME: Brewers dominate the first half and have the lead thanks to a great finish from Sarkic - his first Brewers goal

BBC half-time Stats
Burton possession 31%, 5 shots, 3 on target, 4 corners, 8 fouls
AFCB possession 69%, 2 shots, 1 on target, 4 corners, 0 fouls

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Second half
We're back underway and have made a change...Kilkenny is the man to be replaced and Harry Wilson is coming on.

Ibe drives forward... 

47 CORNER BOURNEMOUTH: Cleared by Nartey

48 Harry Wilson tries to link up with Ibe on the right, who has done well to carry it forward, but the return ball from the Welshman is just over-hit and goes out.

49 Simpson in the book...The defender is shown a yellow card for a foul on Boyce.

50 Boyce needs treatment after being fouled

52 Temporary pause! Would you believe it, the floodlights have gone out! Play has been paused and the players have gone down the tunnel. We'll hopefully be up and running again soon!

59 ’Lights are coming back - hopefully play will resume soon

60 Players are back on the pitch

61 We almost had it back.
he floodlights lasted all of two minutes. They came back and play continued, but now the lads are down the tunnel again and we're in the same position once again.

69 Here we go again...We're actually in the 69th minute according to the clock, but there's been over 15 minutes of stoppages. Play is back underway...

FREE KICK BREWERS: Taken short to Akins whose shot/cross is saved at the near post

Good chance...Ibe races down the right and puts a deep ball into the box. There is Lewis Cook at the back, who tries to hit it on the volley first time and it sails over.

Ref has blown the whistle and we think the power problems have called time on the tie. Bad news for Albion who were well worth the lead

21:23 We are looking for confirmation that game is not continuing

Right, after much deliberation on whether it had been abandoned or not, we are UNDERWAY AGAIN. Hopefully they can stay on as this game is at risk of being abandoned. We have no idea what minute it is

Not really sure what the time is now - must be half an hour left

65 A double change...

Callum Wilson and Danjuma are coming on, with Solanke and Francis off.

Huge save from Travers!

Burton looked like they were through with their striker one-on-one, but Travers gets fingertips to the shot and diverts the danger.

67 Added time! The board has gone up and we've been told they'll be just the 28 minutes added on
CORNER BOURNEMOUTH: Cleared by Boyce

70 Good save from O'Hara...Danjuma is racing through one-on-one, but O'Hara does superbly to get out and make the save.

BOOKING: Akins for a foul

72 Goal for Burton...

A low cross comes in from the right and Broadhead taps it home at the back post.

Harry Wilson tries from range... The winger has a go from 25-yards out, but it narrowly skims the post.

Ibe gets a yellow...The wingers brings down Fraser (Scott Fraser that is) and is shown a yellow. In the meantime, Broadhead is off and Dyer is on for Burton. 

BREWERS SUB: Dyer for Broadhead

BREWERS SUB: Sbarra for Fraser

Simpson hits the post from a corner.  

FREE KICK BOURNEMOUTH: Hit high over the bar by Wilson

90+4 Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

FULL-TIME: Brilliant win for the Brewers with goals from Sarkic and Broadhead securing a 2-0 victory

Summary
Eddie Howe will have a bit of explaining to do after this result. Surely the AFCB fans who travelled deserve a refund. Eddie won't have liked it one bit although the bigger picture is Saturday's league match against West Ham United. Bournemouth were prepared to put a few faces in who hadn't played that much this season to get their levels up, but they came up against a side that is doing well in League. Well done to Burton Albion - hopefully AFCB will have learned they can't keep taking liberties with cup competitions.

AFCB line up

AFCB Subs: Jordan, Dennis, Dobre, Camp, Danjuma, H Wilson, C Wilson

Burton Albion
1. O'Hara, 10. Akins, 21. O'Toole, 18 Nartey, 15. Hutchinson, 4. Edwards, 6. Wallace,
8. Fraser, 9. Broadhead, 27. Boyce, 17 Sarkic 

Burton Subs
5. Buxton, 11. Templeton, 14. Sbarra, 19. Anderson, 22. Beardsley, 23. Dyer, 30. Liveseya 

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