Derby County 0-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 January 2025

Result

Derby County 0-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 18 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County 0-2 Watford: match report

Derby County lost to Watford 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Imrân Louza opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Derby County did not score. Watford scored through Imrân Louza (4') and Edo Kayembe (66').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 18th on 27 points from 26 and Watford 8th on 38 points from 26. Derby County went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eiran Cashin of Derby County (7.8), level with Edo Kayembe (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 5 for Watford.

Going into the match Derby County's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Watford's D-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · James AbankwahWatford
  • 4'Goal · Imrân LouzaWatford · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Callum ElderDerby County
  • 31'Yellow card · Jeremy NgakiaWatford
  • 66'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Francisco SierraltaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 4, draws 1, Watford 5.

Team news

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

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Kane Wilson, Curtis Nelson, Eiran Cashin, Callum Elder, Ebou Adams, Ben Osborn, Kayden Jackson, Kenzo Goudmijn, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jerry Yates

Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jonathan Bond, James Abankwah, Francisco Sierralta, Mattie Pollock, Kwadwo Baah, Imrân Louza, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Jeremy Ngakia, Edo Kayembe, Rocco Vata, Vakoun Bayo