Derby County 1-4 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Derby County 1-4 Sunderland

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Derby County 1-4 Sunderland: match report

Derby County lost to Sunderland 1-4 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

George Honeyman opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Derby County's goal came from M. Vydra (42'). Sunderland scored through George Honeyman (10'), Ashley Fletcher (36'), Aiden McGeady (50', penalty) and John O'Shea (76').

Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 62 points from 37 and Sunderland 24th on 28 points from 38. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Sunderland (8.2), ahead of John O'Shea (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 3 draws and 5 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · George HoneymanSunderland · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Ashley FletcherSunderland · 0-2
  • 42'Goal · M. VydraDerby County · 1-2
  • 50'Penalty goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 1-3
  • 59'Yellow card · Lamine KonéSunderland
  • 63'Yellow card · Donald LoveSunderland
  • 67'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 72'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 76'Goal · John O'SheaSunderland · 1-4
  • 84'Yellow card · M. VydraDerby County
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Derby County 1, draws 3, Sunderland 5.

Team news

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

Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Chris Baird, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, George Thorne, Cameron Jerome

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Lee Camp, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, Ashley Fletcher