Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Derby County beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Andreas Weimann opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Derby County's goals came from Andreas Weimann (24') and Johnny Russell (90+1'). Aston Villa did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Derby County were 4th on 38 points from 21 and Aston Villa 5th on 37 points from 21. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Aston Villa 3rd with 90.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Keogh of Derby County (8.8), ahead of Chris Baird (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 5 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Aston Villa's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Andreas Weimann
- 90+1'Goal · Johnny Russell
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Chris Baird, Curtis Davies, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Glenn Whelan, Robert Snodgrass, C. Hourihane, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Joshua Onomah