Derby County 0-3 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2015

Result

Derby County 0-3 Reading

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2015, 11:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County 0-3 Reading: match report

Derby County were beaten by Reading 0-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 May 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Kwesi Appiah opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Derby County did not score. Reading scored through Kwesi Appiah (2'), Michael Hector (72') and Garath McCleary (85', penalty).

Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 76 points from 45 and Reading 21st on 46 points from 45. Derby County went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Reading 20th with 49.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 2 draws and 6 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Kwesi AppiahReading · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodReading
  • 45+1'Missed penalty · Darren BentDerby County
  • 58'Yellow card · Jesse LingardDerby County
  • 66'Yellow card · Ryan ShottonDerby County
  • 72'Goal · Michael HectorReading · 0-2
  • 85'Penalty goal · Garath McClearyReading · 0-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Lee GrantDerby County
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 2, Reading 6.

Team news

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

Lee Grant, Richard Keogh, Craig Forsyth, Cyrus Christie, Ryan Shotton, Will Hughes, Craig Bryson, Johnny Russell, Jordon Ibe

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary