Burton: A look at the League Cup’s unlikeliest semi-finalists
The League One side have Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Burnley and now Middlesbrough to reach the last four of the Carabao Cup.
League One Burton are into the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in their history after a 1-0 upset of Middlesbrough away from home on Tuesday night.
A semi-final against one of the Premier League’s big guns could follow in the new year for Nigel Clough’s side, who have already claimed several impressive scalps in the competition.
Here, Press Association Sport takes a closer look at the club.
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Burton’s victory over Middlesbrough was an upset in more ways than one. Quite apart from the difference between the two clubs – Burton who were only promoted into the Football League for the first time in 2009 and Middlesbrough who have designs on a return to the Premier League – there was little in Burton’s recent form to suggest they could trouble a side in the Championship’s top six away from home. They went into the match on the back of a 1-0 defeat to Fleetwood which had left them 15th in League One, seven points above the drop zone. But Albion have impressed in this competition, already sending out Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Burnley to make it this far.
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