Middlesbrough 2-0 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 January 2016

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Derby County: match report

Middlesbrough won against Derby County 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 2 January 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Albert Adomah (83') and George Friend (84'). Derby County did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 49 points from 23 and Derby County 1st on 49 points from 24. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Derby County 5th with 82.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 2 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Chris MartinDerby County
  • 77'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 83'Goal · Albert AdomahMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 84'Goal · George FriendMiddlesbrough · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 2, Derby County 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Craig ForsythDerby County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Will HughesDerby County · injury (Ruptured cruciate ligament)

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin

Derby County expected line-up (4-3-3)

Richard Keogh, Craig Forsyth, Cyrus Christie, Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick, Tom Ince, Johnny Russell, Chris Martin, Craig Bryson