Derby County 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Derby County 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Derby County 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Derby County were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Derby County's goal came from M. Vydra (69'). Blackburn Rovers scored through M. Emnes (70') and Danny Graham (73').
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 21st on 6 points from 8 and Blackburn Rovers 24th on 5 points from 8. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Emnes of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), ahead of Derrick Williams (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 4 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 37'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 40'Missed penalty · Ben Marshall
- 69'Goal · M. Vydra
- 70'Goal · M. Emnes
- 73'Goal · Danny Graham
- 77'Yellow card · Cyrus Christie
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Jacob Butterfield, Craig Bryson, Will Hughes, Ikechi Anya, Darren Bent, Matej Vydra
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Ben Marshall, Danny Guthrie, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Sam Gallagher, Marvin Emnes