Derby County 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Derby County 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Pride Park Stadium, Derby · half-time 1-2

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Derby County 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Derby County drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Pride Park Stadium. The half-time score was 1-2.

Cian Ashford opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Derby County's goals came from Carlton Morris (26') and Bobby Clark (49'). Cardiff City scored through Cian Ashford (19') and Yousef Salech (39').

Discipline: Derby County received 5 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Derby County are 23rd on 7 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bobby Clark of Derby County (8.4), ahead of Joel Bagan (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Corey Blackett-TaylorDerby County
  • 19'Goal · Cian AshfordCardiff City · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Carlton MorrisDerby County · 1-1
  • 39'Goal · Yousef SalechCardiff City · 1-2
  • 49'Goal · Bobby ClarkDerby County · 2-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Alex RobertsonCardiff City
  • 55'Yellow card · Oscar FrauloDerby County
  • 60'Yellow card · Lewis TravisDerby County
  • 80'Yellow card · Max JohnstonDerby County
  • 84'Yellow card · Dion SandersonDerby County

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL
23Derby County141491129-187LLDLL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Eli KingCardiff City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Derry MurkinDerby County · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Matt ClarkeDerby County · injury (Calf Injury)

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

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Max Johnston, Dion Sanderson, Sondre Langås, Charlie Taylor, Lewis Travis, Alex Mowatt, Bobby Clark, Oscar Fraulo, Corey Blackett-Taylor, Carlton Morris

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

Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Perry Ng, Joel Bagan, Calum Scanlon, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Cian Ashford, Jack Moylan, Yousef Salech

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