Burton Albion 5-2 Fleetwood Town

Burton produced a devastating attacking show to run out 5-2 winners over Fleetwood in an open and entertaining encounter at the Pirelli Stadium.

Burton hit the front in the 35th minute with a superb finish from Lucas Akins from 22 yards. Terry Taylor harried Sam Finley with the high press and the ball broke nicely for Akins to size up a curling effort that gave Alex Cairns no chance.

Joe Powell made it 2-0 with a stunning free-kick four minutes later. The midfielder was brought down just outside the box and he fired in the resulting free-kick, which hit both posts before ending up in the net.

Finley finished a swift counter-attack instigated by Kyle Vassell to half the arrears just after the hour mark but Tom Hamer drove home Jonny Smith's lay-off to restore Albion's two-goal lead.

Substitute Kane Hemmings raced in from the touchline to fire home with five minutes remaining before Jordan Rossiter grabbed a consolation for Town, converting from a stoppage-time corner.

There was still time for Hemmings to add his second, picking up the ball from Sean Clare to fire home with the last kick of the game.

Match report supplied by PA Media.