Derby County 0-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 April 2009

Result

Derby County 0-2 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 21 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Derby County 0-2 Reading: match report

Derby County lost to Reading 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Dave Kitson opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Derby County did not score. Reading scored through Dave Kitson (56') and Ingo Goetze (73').

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

Going into the game Derby County were 18th on 51 points from 43 and Reading 6th on 71 points from 43. Derby County went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Reading 5th with 77.

Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Goal · Dave KitsonReading · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Barry BannanDerby County
  • 73'Goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 0-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Derby County 0, draws 1, Reading 4.

Team news

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

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior