Derby County 3-1 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Derby County 3-1 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Derby County 3-1 Leeds United: match report

Derby County beat Leeds United 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

C. Sammon opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Derby County's goals came from C. Sammon (15'), J. Buxton (66') and Ben Davies (90+4'). Leeds United scored through P. Green (45').

Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 17th on 25 points from 20 and Leeds United 11th on 29 points from 20. Derby County went on to finish that season 16th with 59 points, and Leeds United 12th with 61.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · C. SammonDerby County · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickDerby County
  • 45'Goal · P. GreenLeeds United · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · J. BuxtonDerby County · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · W. HughesDerby County
  • 90+4'Goal · Ben DaviesDerby County · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ben DaviesDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 5, draws 2, Leeds United 3.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up

A. Legzdiņš, Richard Keogh, John Brayford, Will Hughes, Paul Coutts, Jeff Hendrick, Theo Robinson, Michael Jacobs, Jake Buxton, Craig Bryson

Leeds United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Sam Byram, Lee Peltier, Tom Lees, El-Hadji Diouf, Luciano Becchio, Michael Tonge, Jason Pearce, Rodolph Austin