Derby County 3-4 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017

Result

Derby County 3-4 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Derby County 3-4 Cardiff City: match report

Derby County were beaten by Cardiff City 3-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 February 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Julien de Sart opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Derby County's goals came from Julien de Sart (7'), Darren Bent (17') and Darren Bent (74'). Cardiff City scored through K. Harris (41'), K. Harris (47'), Craig Noone (57') and J. Ralls (90', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Derby County were 8th on 47 points from 30 and Cardiff City 12th on 41 points from 31. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darren Bent of Derby County (8.3), ahead of Kadeem Harris (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Julien de SartDerby County · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Darren BentDerby County · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · K. HarrisCardiff City · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · K. HarrisCardiff City · 2-2
  • 57'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 2-3
  • 74'Goal · Darren BentDerby County · 3-3
  • 90'Penalty goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 3-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 3, draws 3, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Will Hughes, Julien De Sart, Jacob Butterfield, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Ikechi Anya

Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Allan McGregor, Matthew Connolly, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Jazz Richards, Greg Halford, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Kadeem Harris, Kenneth Zohore