Derby County 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026
Result
Derby County 1-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Derby County 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Derby County defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Bobby Clark of Derby County in the 70th minute.
Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 14th on 32 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 43 points from 24. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.
Derby County lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacob Widell Zetterström of Derby County (8.4), ahead of Bobby Clark (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Middlesbrough's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 59'Yellow card · Callum Elder
- 70'Goal · Bobby Clark
- 73'Yellow card · Lars-Jørgen Salvesen
- 84'Yellow card · Alex Gilbert
- 90+4'Yellow card · Matt Targett
Head-to-head
Team news
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Derby County line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Joe Ward, Liam Thompson, Ebou Adams, Callum Elder, Bobby Clark, Rhian Brewster, Patrick Agyemang
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-2-2)
Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Matt Targett, Alex Bangura, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Kaly Sène, Tommy Conway, Morgan Whittaker, Delano Burgzorg