Joe Hugill once again puts in a lifeless performance for Burton Albion | OneFootball

Joe Hugill and Burton Albion secured a crucial, rare win away to Stevenage yesterday that took them three points above the relegation zone.

The Brewers were totally dominated by their hosts but still found a way to come away with the massive victory.

Burton had only 24% of the ball and seven shots to the home side’s 13.

The away side took the lead in first half stoppage time but received an extra bit of the luck when Stevenage were reduced to ten men just after the hour mark.

They doubled their lead on 76 minutes through Tom Hamer before the side from The Lamex Stadium pulled back a consolation just before full time.

After an insipid performance last weekend, Hugill found himself on the bench for this encounter.

However, he was brought on at half time and played the full second half.

Despite playing most of his match against ten men, the United loanee still struggled massively to have any influence in the game.

Sofascore gave him a rating of 6.2 in one of his poorer performances in the campaign.

The 20 year old had zero shots on or off target and he was unsuccessful in his two dribble attempts.

Hugill rarely got involved in the play as he only had 21 touches of the ball and was only capable of making three successful passes out of his eleven attempts.

He, like his team, struggled to keep hold of the ball, giving it away 12 times in 45 minutes of action.

The youngster was also irrelevant in the air as he incredibly lost all 11 of his aerial duels despite his 1.88m height.

Hugill was also only able to win two out of his eight ground duels and complete one successful tackle.

Next up for the youngster and Burton is a titanic home clash versus Cheltenham, who are two places and five points below the side from the Pirelli Stadium. A win would go a long way to securing League One football for the coming season.

From Hugill’s perspective, after two absolutely lifeless performances on the bounce, he will consider himself lucky to have any involvement at all, as he still awaits his second goal for the club, since scoring on his debut back in January.

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