Derby County 0-4 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008

Result

Derby County 0-4 Reading

Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County 0-4 Reading: match report

Derby County were beaten by Reading 0-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 May 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

James Harper opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Derby County did not score. Reading scored through James Harper (15'), Dave Kitson (61'), Kevin Doyle (69') and L. Lita (90+1').

Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 20th on 11 points from 37 and Reading 18th on 33 points from 37. Derby County went on to finish that season 20th with 11 points, and Reading 18th with 36.

Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dave Kitson of Reading (8.5), ahead of Ivar Ingimarsson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derby County wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · James HarperReading · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Dave KitsonReading · 0-2
  • 69'Goal · Kevin DoyleReading · 0-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Kevin DoyleReading
  • 90+1'Goal · L. LitaReading · 0-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Derby County 0, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Darren Moore, Lewin Nyatanga, Edward Lewis, Mile Sterjovski, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, David Jones, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Graeme Murty, Michael Duberry, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Noel Hunt, Leroy Lita, Dave Kitson