Victor Adeboyejo grabbed his ninth goal of the season as Burton secured a priceless victory over fellow League One strugglers Cheltenham.
Victory for Dino Maamria’s men moved them up to 21st, within one place and two points of their visitors.
The first half saw both sides largely cancel each other out with precious few attempts on goal to seriously trouble either goalkeeper, but Burton passed up a golden chance by missing a penalty.
Davis Keillor-Dunn was sent sprawling in the box by former Albion loanee Ryan Broom but the striker’s spot-kick was saved by Robins keeper Luke Southwood.
Albion should have led before that when Joe Powell swung in a tempting free-kick but defender Adrian Mariappa could not divert his header on target with the goal somewhat at his mercy.
Cheltenham lost skipper Sean Long to injury partly due to a clash of heads with Adeboyejo in the first half, which led to a lengthy delay in proceedings.
Albion dominated long periods of the second half and were eventually rewarded when substitute Jonny Smith drilled a low cross to the near post and Adeboyejo was there to nip in and fire home as Cheltenham slipped to a fourth successive defeat in all competitions.
Report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Burton
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Garratt
- 2Brayford
- 5Hughes
- 8Mariappa
- 37Hamer
- 12OnyangoSubstituted forKamwaat 68′minutes
- 4Oshilaja
- 23TaylorBooked at 90mins
- 7PowellSubstituted forSmithat 68′minutes
- 14Adeboyejo
- 10Keillor-DunnSubstituted forButcherat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Borthwick-Jackson
- 6Butcher
- 11Smith
- 17Thorpe
- 19Lakin
- 24Sinisalo
- 39Kamwa
Cheltenham
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Southwood
- 2LongSubstituted forWilliamsat 33′minutes
- 14Taylor
- 5Raglan
- 22JacksonBooked at 90mins
- 8Sercombe
- 28PerryBooked at 68minsSubstituted forOlayinkaat 74′minutes
- 6Freestone
- 32BroomSubstituted forBrownat 75′minutes
- 9N’Lundulu
- 30NortonSubstituted forBondsat 54′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Williams
- 7Brown
- 16Adshead
- 19Lloyd
- 20MacDonald
- 23Bonds
- 36Olayinka
- Referee:
- Peter Wright
- Attendance:
- 2,269
Live Text
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Match ends, Burton Albion 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
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Second Half ends, Burton Albion 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
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Victor Adeboyejo (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Elliott Bonds (Cheltenham Town).
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Ryan Jackson (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Terry Taylor (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ryan Jackson (Cheltenham Town).
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Terry Taylor (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Luke Southwood.
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Attempt saved. Jonny Smith (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Adedeji Oshilaja.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Thomas Hamer.
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Substitution, Burton Albion. Calum Butcher replaces Davis Keillor-Dunn.
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John Brayford (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Caleb Taylor (Cheltenham Town).
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Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Burton Albion).
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Elliott Bonds (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Burton Albion. Thomas Hamer tries a through ball, but Bobby Kamwa is caught offside.
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Adedeji Oshilaja (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Charlie Brown (Cheltenham Town).
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Goal! Burton Albion 1, Cheltenham Town 0. Victor Adeboyejo (Burton Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonny Smith with a cross.
