Derby County 4-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 31 October 2023
Result
Derby County 4-0 Northampton Town
League One · Tuesday 31 October 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Derby County 4-0 Northampton Town: match report
Derby County beat Northampton Town 4-0 in the League One on Tuesday 31 October 2023. The half-time score was 3-0.
Max Bird opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Derby County's goals came from Max Bird (14'), Conor Washington (22'), Max Bird (32') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (49'). Northampton Town did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 10th on 21 points from 14 and Northampton Town 20th on 14 points from 14. Derby County went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Northampton Town 14th with 60.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Bird of Derby County (9.4), ahead of Conor Washington (8.5).
Going into the match Derby County's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Northampton Town's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Patrick Brough
- 14'Goal · Max Bird
- 22'Goal · Conor Washington
- 32'Goal · Max Bird
- 49'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 57'Yellow card · Conor Washington
- 71'Yellow card · Akinwale Odimayo
Team news
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Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Wildsmith, Ryan Nyambe, Curtis Nelson, Sonny Bradley, Craig Forsyth, C. Hourihane, Korey Smith, Tom Barkhuizen, Max Bird, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Conor Washington
Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)
Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Sam Sherring, Manny Monthe, Patrick Brough, Sam Hoskins, M. Leonard, Mitch Pinnock, Shaun McWilliams, Ali Koiki, Tyreece Simpson