Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Friday 9 August 2024

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Derby County

Championship · Friday 9 August 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Derby County: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Derby County 4-2 in the Championship on Friday 9 August 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tyrhys Dolan opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Tyrhys Dolan (19'), Andreas Weimann (72'), Sammie Szmodics (76') and Yuki Ohashi (84'). Derby County scored through Curtis Nelson (67') and Kane Wilson (88').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.

Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Derby County 19th with 50.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers (7.9), ahead of Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Tom BarkhuizenDerby County
  • 19'Goal · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · Curtis NelsonDerby County · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Andreas WeimannBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 76'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 82'Yellow cardDerby County
  • 82'Yellow card · James CollinsDerby County
  • 84'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
  • 88'Goal · Kane WilsonDerby County · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 8, draws 1, Derby County 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Joe WardDerby County · injury (Knee Surgery)
  • Jerry YatesDerby County · suspension (Red Card Suspension)
  • Jake RooneyDerby County · injury (Knee Injury)

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Sondre Tronstad, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye

Derby County line-up (4-3-3)

Josh Vickers, Kane Wilson, Curtis Nelson, Eiran Cashin, Callum Elder, Kenzo Goudmijn, David Ozoh, Ben Osborn, Tom Barkhuizen, Kayden Jackson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing