Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 14 July 2020

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County

Championship · Tuesday 14 July 2020, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City beat Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 July 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Junior Hoilett opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Junior Hoilett (17') and Lee Tomlin (59'). Derby County scored through J. Knight (30').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 64 points from 43 and Derby County 10th on 61 points from 43. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Derby County 10th with 64.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Cardiff City (8.2), ahead of Marlon Pack (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Junior HoilettCardiff City · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · J. KnightDerby County · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Lee TomlinCardiff City · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Junior HoilettCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 4, Derby County 4.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Joe Ralls, Marlon Pack, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kelle Roos, Max Lowe, Curtis Davies, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, Wayne Mark Rooney, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Louie Sibley, Tom Lawrence, Chris Martin