Derby County 3-0 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2015

Result

Derby County 3-0 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Derby County 3-0 Rotherham United: match report

Derby County won against Rotherham United 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Andreas Weimann opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Derby County's goals came from Andreas Weimann (7'), Jacob Butterfield (45') and Richard Keogh (76'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 4th on 25 points from 13 and Rotherham United 23rd on 9 points from 13. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Rotherham United 21st with 49.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Green of Rotherham United (7.2), ahead of Danny Collins (7.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Andreas WeimannDerby County · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodRotherham United
  • 33'Yellow card · George ThorneDerby County
  • 45'Goal · Jacob ButterfieldDerby County · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 76'Goal · Richard KeoghDerby County · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Derby County 1, draws 1, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Will HughesDerby County · injury (Ruptured cruciate ligament)

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

Richard Keogh, Craig Forsyth, Cyrus Christie, Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick, Tom Ince, Johnny Russell, Chris Martin, Craig Bryson

Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lee Camp, Lewis Buxton, Kirk Broadfoot, Danny Collins, Joe Mattock, Richard Smallwood, Joe Newell, Daniel Ward, Grant Ward, Harry Toffolo, Jonson Clarke-Harris