Derby County 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 24 April 2018

Result

Derby County 3-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 24 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Derby County · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Derby County 3-1 Cardiff City: match report

Derby County beat Cardiff City 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 April 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Derby County's goals came from Cameron Jerome (69'), M. Vydra (82') and Cameron Jerome (90'). Cardiff City scored through Callum Paterson (28').

Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 68 points from 43 and Cardiff City 2nd on 86 points from 43. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.

Derby County lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Jerome of Derby County (8.8), ahead of Andre Wisdom (8.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Callum PatersonCardiff City
  • 28'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Bruno Ecuele MangaCardiff City
  • 66'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City
  • 69'Goal · Cameron JeromeDerby County · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 82'Goal · M. VydraDerby County · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Cameron JeromeDerby County · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Derby County line-up (3-4-2-1)

Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Curtis Davies, Andre Wisdom, Bradley Johnson, Marcus Olsson, Tom Huddlestone, Tom Lawrence, Andreas Weimann, Cameron Jerome

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

Neil Etheridge, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Aron Gunnarsson, Callum Paterson, Jamie Ward, Junior Hoilett, Gary Madine