Derby County 1-2 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007
Result
Derby County 1-2 Liverpool
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Derby County 1-2 Liverpool: match report
Derby County were beaten by Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Derby County's goal came from James McEveley (67'). Liverpool scored through Fernando Torres (12') and Steven Gerrard (90').
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 20th on 7 points from 18 and Liverpool 5th on 33 points from 17. Derby County went on to finish that season 20th with 11 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.
Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 4 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Liverpool's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 67'Goal · James McEveley
- 71'Yellow card · James McEveley
- 90'Goal · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, James McEveley, Dean Leacock, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Stephen Pearson, Steve Howard, Giles Barnes, Kenny Miller, Gary Teale, Darren Moore
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Andriy Voronin, Ryan Babel, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso