Match ends, Carlisle United 3, Burton Albion 4.
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Burton Albion edged out Carlisle in a seven-goal thriller at Brunton Park.
Damien McCrory opened the scoring with a stunning strike from 30 yards, but Carlisle levelled when Kyle Dempsey found the net with a backheel.
Lee Bell restored Burton's lead from 25 yards and Jacob Blyth and Alex MacDonald extended the advantage before Brad Potts pulled one back.
Derek Asamoah scored on his Carlisle debut to make it 4-3 but Burton held on despite Stuart Beavon's late red card.
Burton manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Derby:
"That was a massive win for us, just because it was after Saturday's disappointment. It shows the fine margins in these games because I felt we hadn't played horrendously badly on Saturday for 60 minutes, but then we conceded two stupid goals.
"Today you can look at it from the other side and say we were really clinical in the first half. We lost George Taft early on so we had to bring Damien McCrory on and I told him was close to have being started anyway.
"He scored with probably his first touch of the ball, which when you've been out for six months, it would probably be a very memorable first touch in his comeback game, so I'm really pleased for him."
Line-ups
Carlisle
Formation 4-4-2
- 20Hanford
- 26WhiteBooked at 51mins
- 23O'Hanlon
- 12Thirlwell
- 2Grainger
- 16Potts
- 8Sweeney
- 10DickerSubstituted forAsamoahat 45'minutes
- 3RobsonSubstituted forElliottat 74'minutes
- 31IlievSubstituted forBeckat 45'minutes
- 22Dempsey
Substitutes
- 4Marrow
- 15Meppen-Walter
- 17Beck
- 18Brough
- 25Asamoah
- 27Elliott
- 33Eccles
Burton
Formation 4-4-2
- 1McLaughlin
- 2Edwards
- 6Sharps
- 3Cansdell-Sherriff
- 5TaftSubstituted forMcCroryat 3'minutes
- 10Akins
- 7Bell
- 23Palmer
- 11MacDonaldBooked at 51mins
- 9BeavonBooked at 90mins
- 12BlythSubstituted forMcGurkat 86'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Weir
- 14McCrory
- 16Lyness
- 18Knowles
- 20McGurk
- 22Lenihan
- 27Harness
- Referee:
- Scott Duncan
- Attendance:
- 4,266
Match Stats
Home TeamCarlisleAway TeamBurton
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away9
- Corners
- Home6
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Carlisle United 3, Burton Albion 4.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion).
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Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
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Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lucas Akins (Burton Albion).
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Attempt saved. Adam McGurk (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Adam McGurk (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Lucas Akins.
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Paul Thirlwell (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion).
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Attempt saved. Lee Bell (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Adam McGurk replaces Jacob Blyth.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Damien McCrory.
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Attempt blocked. Mark Beck (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Lucas Akins.
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Attempt saved. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Carlisle United. Stephen Elliott replaces Matty Robson.
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Attempt missed. Derek Asamoah (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Ian Sharps.