Derby County 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Derby County 1-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 20 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 1-1 Cardiff City: match report

Derby County drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Martin Albrechtsen opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Derby County's goal came from Martin Albrechtsen (30'). Cardiff City scored through Ross McCormack (69', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Derby County were 21st on 5 points from 6 and Cardiff City 6th on 10 points from 6. Derby County went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 2 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Martin AlbrechtsenDerby County · 1-0
  • 69'Penalty goal · Ross McCormackCardiff City · 1-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs