Cardiff City 6-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 29 September 2009

Result

Cardiff City 6-1 Derby County

Championship · Tuesday 29 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cardiff City 6-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City won against Derby County 6-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 29 September 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Peter Whittingham (10'), Michael Chopra (36'), Michael Chopra (57'), Michael Chopra (62'), C. Burke (63') and Michael Chopra (75'). Derby County scored through Rob Hulse (47').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 9th on 13 points from 9 and Derby County 16th on 10 points from 9. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Derby County 15th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 3 draws and 2 for Derby County.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Derby County's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · J. LivermoreDerby County
  • 47'Goal · Rob HulseDerby County · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 3-1
  • 62'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 4-1
  • 63'Goal · C. BurkeCardiff City · 5-1
  • 75'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 6-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 3, Derby County 2.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs