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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Burton Albion Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Burton Albion reached the 2018/19 League Cup semi-finals after five successive wins, culminating in a tight away victory at Middlesbrough. That route deserves to be read before the heavy semi-final defeat that followed. Track the Brewers' current fixtures above, then revisit the campaign round by round.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Burton Albion: cup campaign

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Burton Albion 1–2 Blackburn Rovers. Full time. Blackburn Rovers go through. Burton Albion are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Hesketh's Riverside goal secured the last-four place

Burton beat Middlesbrough 1–0 at the Riverside on 18 December 2018. Jake Hesketh scored shortly after half-time, reacting after Jamie Allen's shot had struck the post. The goal sent Nigel Clough's side into the League Cup semi-finals for the first time.

The report describes a contest in which Burton also needed defensive work and saves from Bradley Collins. Middlesbrough threatened, but the Brewers kept their clean sheet and protected the single-goal advantage. The result was decided during the match itself, with no shoot-out required.

Hesketh was on loan from Southampton at the time. That is a detail of the 2018 team, rather than a statement about Burton's present squad. The dated report is useful for understanding the personnel and circumstances of the breakthrough without confusing them with the current campaign.

Five victories before the Manchester City semi-final

The run began with a 2–1 away win at Shrewsbury. Burton then beat Aston Villa 1–0, Burnley 2–1 and Nottingham Forest 3–2 at home. Middlesbrough were the fifth opponents overcome, completing a sequence that mixed narrow victories with a five-goal fourth-round tie.

Manchester City ended the campaign in the semi-finals, winning 9–0 at home and 1–0 at Burton for a 10–0 aggregate result. Those scores should be stated plainly, but they do not replace the five earlier victories. The full season record contains both the achievement of reaching the last four and the manner of the eventual exit.

For supporters looking through the archive, the order is important: Forest were the fourth-round opponents, Middlesbrough the quarter-final opponents and City the semi-final opponents. The two City matches were legs of one tie, unlike the single meetings in Burton's earlier rounds.

Burton's semi-final campaign explained

Who scored Burton's quarter-final winner?

Jake Hesketh scored the only goal against Middlesbrough on 18 December 2018, following up after Jamie Allen hit the post.

How many games did Burton win before the semi-final?

Five: against Shrewsbury, Aston Villa, Burnley, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. Each victory took the Brewers through another round.

Was the Manchester City score 9–0 or 10–0?

The first leg finished 9–0 to City. Their 1–0 victory in the return made the combined semi-final score 10–0, so the larger figure is the aggregate result.

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