Scunthorpe United 0-3 Burton Albion
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In-form Burton continued their climb up the League One table with a comprehensive victory at relegation-threatened Scunthorpe.
Kieran Wallace's first-half header set the Brewers on the way to a fourth win in five games, before two goals in quick succession from Lucas Akins and Liam Boyce after the break moved Burton up to ninth and left United one point above the relegation zone.
Seeing plenty of the ball out wide, Burton took the game to the hosts and broke the deadlock when a corner was headed back into the middle and defender Wallace nodded home off the inside of the post.
It came just seconds after Scunthorpe keeper Jak Alnwick had brilliantly palmed over Boyce's powerful header from another Jamie Allen corner.
The home side were better for a spell at the start of the second half, but they were unable to carve out any scoring opportunities.
And Burton doubled their lead with another header, this time from Akins, who got in front of his marker at the near post to meet Colin Daniel's cross.
Boyce's speculative effort, with what appeared to be a cross, then nestled into the top corner before Rory McArdle's header was ruled out for offside to compound Scunthorpe's misery.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.