Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Derby County won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Derby County's goals came from M. Vydra (5', penalty) and Bradley Johnson (86'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Derby County were 13th on 16 points from 11 and Sheffield Wednesday 12th on 16 points from 12. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Lawrence of Derby County (8.2), ahead of Richard Keogh (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 5 draws and 1 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 4'Red card · Glenn Loovens
- 5'Penalty goal · M. Vydra
- 21'Yellow card · Kieran Lee
- 45+2'Yellow card · David Nugent
- 45+4'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 48'Yellow card · Johnny Russell
- 64'Yellow card · Adam Reach
- 86'Goal · Bradley Johnson
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Andre Wisdom, Curtis Davies, Johnny Russell, Tom Lawrence, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Morgan Fox, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, Kieran Lee, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, Ross Wallace, Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper