Derby County 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 November 2015

Result

Derby County 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 21 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Derby County 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Derby County won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 November 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.

George Thorne opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Derby County's goals came from George Thorne (55') and Andreas Weimann (76'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 31 points from 16 and Cardiff City 7th on 25 points from 16. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 55'Goal · George ThorneDerby County · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City
  • 76'Goal · Andreas WeimannDerby County · 2-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 3, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Craig ForsythDerby County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Will HughesDerby County · injury (Ruptured cruciate ligament)

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

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones