Derby County 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Derby County 1-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Muhamed Besic opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Derby County's goal came from David Nugent (90+2', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Muhamed Besic (20') and Britt Assombalonga (70').

Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 68 points from 42 and Middlesbrough 5th on 69 points from 43. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Derby County lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (9.1), ahead of David Nugent (7.8).

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

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