Derby County 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Derby County 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Derby County 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Derby County beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Hayden Carter opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Derby County's goals came from Ben Brereton Díaz (55'), Matt Clarke (74') and Rhian Brewster (82'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Hayden Carter (45+1').
Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 12th on 48 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 21st on 38 points from 34. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Derry Murkin of Derby County (7.8), ahead of Matt Clarke (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 0 draws and 7 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Adam Forshaw
- 36'Yellow card · Sammie Szmodics
- 45'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 45+1'Goal · Hayden Carter
- 46'Yellow card · Bobby Clark
- 55'Goal · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 58'Yellow card · Eiran Cashin
- 60'Yellow card · Yuri Ribeiro
- 74'Goal · Matt Clarke
- 79'Yellow card · Hayden Carter
- 82'Goal · Rhian Brewster
Head-to-head
Team news
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Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Vickers, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Bobby Clark, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sammie Szmodics, Patrick Agyemang, Carlton Morris
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Balázs Tóth, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, Moussa Baradji, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Yuki Ohashi, Andri Gudjohnsen