Derby County 2-3 Watford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 November 2025
Result
Derby County 2-3 Watford
Championship · Saturday 22 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Derby County 2-3 Watford: match report
Derby County lost to Watford 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 22 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dion Sanderson opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Derby County's goals came from Dion Sanderson (36') and Sondre Langås (54'). Watford scored through Luca Kjerrumgaard (61'), Edo Kayembe (85', penalty) and Edo Kayembe (88').
Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 9th on 23 points from 15 and Watford 16th on 20 points from 15. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Watford 16th with 57.
Derby County lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edo Kayembe of Watford (8.3), ahead of Ebou Adams (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 5 for Watford.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Dion Sanderson
- 39'Yellow card · Dion Sanderson
- 54'Goal · Sondre Langås
- 58'Yellow card · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 61'Goal · Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 68'Yellow card · Edo Kayembe
- 85'Penalty goal · Edo Kayembe
- 88'Goal · Edo Kayembe
- 89'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
Head-to-head
Team news
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Derby County line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Joe Ward, Ebou Adams, Bobby Clark, Callum Elder, Ben Brereton Díaz, Patrick Agyemang, Carlton Morris
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Baxter, Jeremy Ngakia, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Marc Bola, Imrân Louza, Hector Kyprianou, Kwadwo Baah, Edo Kayembe, Othmane Maamma, Luca Kjerrumgaard