Derby County 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Derby County 2-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Derby County 2-1 Sheffield United: match report

Derby County defeated Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Craig Bryson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Derby County's goals came from Craig Bryson (1') and Jack Marriott (77'). Sheffield United scored through Chris Basham (41').

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

Going into the game Derby County were 12th on 18 points from 12 and Sheffield United 2nd on 25 points from 12. Derby County went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 89.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Marriott of Derby County (8.4), ahead of Oliver Norwood (8.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Craig BrysonDerby County · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Chris BashamSheffield United · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Chris BashamSheffield United
  • 77'Goal · Jack MarriottDerby County · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Jayden Bogle, Richard Keogh, Fikayo Tomori, Craig Forsyth, Craig Bryson, Tom Huddlestone, Martyn Waghorn, Mason Mount, Harry Wilson, Jack Marriott

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

Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, Kieron Freeman, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, David McGoldrick