Derby County 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 March 2026
Result
Derby County 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Derby County · Sheffield Wednesday · Championship predictions
Derby County 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Derby County won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Ben Brereton Díaz opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Derby County's goals came from Ben Brereton Díaz (11') and Matt Clarke (45'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Jerry Yates (17').
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Derby County were 8th on 51 points from 35 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 11 points from 35. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 24th with 18.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Clarke of Derby County (7.9), ahead of Rhian Brewster (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 17'Goal · Jerry Yates
- 33'Yellow card · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 37'Yellow card · Liam Palmer
- 45'Goal · Matt Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Vickers, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Bobby Clark, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sammie Szmodics, Rhian Brewster, Patrick Agyemang
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-1-4-2)
Pierce Charles, Gabriel Otegbayo, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Jaden Heskey, Sean Sheunesu Fusire, Charlie McNeill, Svante Ingelsson, Tayo Adaramola, Jamal Lowe, Jerry Yates