Derby County 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2016

Result

Derby County 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Derby County beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 24 February 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jacob Butterfield of Derby County in the 8th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 55 points from 32 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 34 points from 30. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jacob ButterfieldDerby County · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 3, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Craig ForsythDerby County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Will HughesDerby County · injury (Ruptured cruciate ligament)
  • Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers · injury (Foot Injury)

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

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede