Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2016

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cardiff City · Derby County · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City defeated Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bruno Ecuele Manga opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Bruno Ecuele Manga (37') and Stuart O'Keefe (68'). Derby County scored through Chris Martin (49').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 59 points from 38 and Derby County 5th on 65 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Derby County 5th with 82.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Bruno Ecuele MangaCardiff City · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Alberto SuárezCardiff City
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Jason ShackellDerby County
  • 49'Goal · Chris MartinDerby County · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Stuart O'KeefeCardiff City · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 3, Derby County 3.

Team news

Unavailable

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones

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

Richard Keogh, Craig Forsyth, Cyrus Christie, Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick, Tom Ince, Johnny Russell, Chris Martin, Craig Bryson