Derby County 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 December 2008

Result

Derby County 1-2 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 6 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Derby County 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Derby County lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

P. McCarthy opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Derby County's goal came from Luke Varney (41'). Crystal Palace scored through P. McCarthy (3') and Shefki Kuqi (61').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 15th on 25 points from 20 and Crystal Palace 13th on 27 points from 20. Derby County went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 57.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · P. McCarthyCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Luke VarneyDerby County · 1-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Julián SperoniCrystal Palace
  • 61'Goal · Shefki KuqiCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · James TomkinsDerby County

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 0, Crystal Palace 2.

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