meeting between the clubs during the season. In the two league matches, both sides won their away games, with Burton winning 3–2 at the Highbury Stadium in August 2013 and Fleetwood securing a 4–2 victory at the Pirelli Stadium the following January. The teams were also drawn against one another in the second round of the 2013–14 FA Cup: the tie, played in Fleetwood in December 2013, was a 1–1, with Burton winning the replay 1–0 ten days later. Fleetwood's top scorer during the regular season was Sarcevic who had scored thirteen goals, all in the league. Billy Kee was the leading scorer for Burton, with fourteen goals (twelve in the league and two in the FA Cup). Kee's wife was in labour during the game and Kee himself said that should he score during the final, that "Wembley" would form part of the baby's name. Fleetwood went into the match as slight favourites, according to bookmakers. Burton, who wore yellow and black kit, adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Fleetwood, in red and white, played as a 4–4–2 diamond. The referee for the game was Michael Naylor. Summary Burton kicked off the match in front of 14,007 spectators at around 3p.m. on 26 May 2014. Within a minute, a high free kick from McGurk found Kee in the Fleetwood penalty area but his header was saved by Maxwell. David Ball's shot was then kept out by Dean Lyness who made a clearance from the subsequent corner. In the 11th minute, Kees was fouled by Mark Roberts but Alex MacDonald's low free-kick was cleared. Nathan Pond then sent a header over the Burton crossbar from a Fleetwood corner. Two penalty appeals were turned down by the referee in the 16th minute when both Blair and Ball fell under challenge in the Burton area. Three minutes later, a curling shot from McGurk went high and wide of the Fleetwood goal, before his shot from around went wide of the post. Robbie Weir then struck the ball straight at Maxwell who gathered it. On 29 minutes, Roberts passed to Ball whose shot was off-target. With three minutes of the half remaining, Sarcevic was fouled but the subsequent free kick was cleared by the Burton defence. The referee brought the half to a close with the score 0–0. Neither side made any changes to their personnel during the half-time break and the second half