Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City won against Derby County 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jay Bothroyd opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jay Bothroyd (7', penalty), D. Keinan (48'), Paul Quinn (56') and Peter Whittingham (68'). Derby County scored through Robbie Savage (90+4', penalty).

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 5th on 63 points from 38 and Derby County 17th on 44 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 81 points, and Derby County 19th with 49.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Shaun BarkerDerby County
  • 7'Penalty goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaDerby County
  • 48'Goal · D. KeinanCardiff City · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Stephen McPhailCardiff City
  • 56'Goal · Paul QuinnCardiff City · 3-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Jlloyd SamuelCardiff City
  • 68'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 4-0
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Robbie SavageDerby County · 4-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 3, Derby County 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Tom Heaton, Kevin McNaughton, Dekel Keinan, Paul Quinn, Peter Whittingham, Stephen McPhail, C. Burke, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Jlloyd Samuel, Craig Bellamy, Jay Bothroyd

Derby County line-up

Brad Jones, John Brayford, Gareth Roberts, Shaun Barker, Yuki Takahashi, Paul Green, Robbie Savage, Stephen Pearson, Steven Davies, Jamie Ward, Alberto Bueno Calvo