Derby County 6-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 March 2019

Result

Derby County 6-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 30 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Derby County 6-1 Rotherham United: match report

Derby County beat Rotherham United 6-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 March 2019. The half-time score was 3-0.

Martyn Waghorn opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Derby County's goals came from Martyn Waghorn (13', penalty), Bradley Johnson (39'), Martyn Waghorn (42'), Mason Mount (48'), Duane Holmes (62') and Martyn Waghorn (71', penalty). Rotherham United scored through Richard Wood (53').

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

Going into the game Derby County were 8th on 56 points from 37 and Rotherham United 22nd on 36 points from 38. Derby County went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Rotherham United 22nd with 40.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Martyn Waghorn of Derby County (8.8), ahead of Duane Holmes (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · Martyn WaghornDerby County · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Bradley JohnsonDerby County · 2-0
  • 42'Goal · Martyn WaghornDerby County · 3-0
  • 48'Goal · Mason MountDerby County · 4-0
  • 53'Goal · Richard WoodRotherham United · 4-1
  • 62'Goal · Duane HolmesDerby County · 5-1
  • 71'Penalty goal · Martyn WaghornDerby County · 6-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matt CrooksRotherham United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Derby County 3, draws 3, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

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

Kelle Roos, Jayden Bogle, Richard Keogh, Fikayo Tomori, Scott Malone, Duane Holmes, Bradley Johnson, Mason Mount, Harry Wilson, Martyn Waghorn, Tom Lawrence

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

Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, Billy Jones, Semi Ajayi, Jon Taylor, Ryan Williams, Ben Wiles, Joe Newell, Jerry Yates