Derby County 3-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Sunday 11 December 2016

Result

Derby County 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Sunday 11 December 2016, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 3-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Derby County won against Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Championship on Sunday 11 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Derby County's goals came from an own goal by Nicklas Bendtner (33'), Tom Ince (55') and W. Hughes (64'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 8th on 29 points from 19 and Nottingham Forest 15th on 25 points from 19. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Hughes of Derby County (8.1), ahead of Tom Ince (8.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 9'Yellow card · Ben OsbornNottingham Forest
  • 10'Yellow card · Darren BentDerby County
  • 10'Yellow card · Damien PerquisNottingham Forest
  • 33'Own goal · Nicklas BendtnerDerby County · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Thomas LamNottingham Forest
  • 55'Goal · Tom InceDerby County · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · W. HughesDerby County · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Matty CashNottingham Forest
  • 71'Yellow card · W. HughesDerby County
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Eric LichajNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 5, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Will Hughes, Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Johnny Russell

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-5-1-1)

Vladimir Stojkovic, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Michael Mancienne, Matty Cash, Pajtim Kasami, Thomas Lam, Ben Osborn, Eric Lichaj, Mustapha Carayol, Nicklas Bendtner