Middlesbrough 4-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 February 2022
Result
Middlesbrough 4-1 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 12 February 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Middlesbrough 4-1 Derby County: match report
Middlesbrough won against Derby County 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 February 2022. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Middlesbrough's goals came from an own goal by Lee Buchanan (15'), A. Connolly (44'), Matt Crooks (45+2') and Duncan Watmore (89'). Derby County scored through M. Bird (39').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 46 points from 29 and Derby County 15th on 39 points from 30. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Derby County 17th with 55.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaiah Jones of Middlesbrough (8.2), ahead of Marcus Tavernier (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 3 for Derby County.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Derby County's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Own goal · Lee Buchanan
- 27'Yellow card · Tom Lawrence
- 27'Yellow card · Marcus Tavernier
- 31'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
- 39'Goal · M. Bird
- 44'Goal · A. Connolly
- 45+2'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 50'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 87'Yellow card · M. Ebiowei
- 89'Goal · Duncan Watmore
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ravel Morrison
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Neil Taylor, Aaron Connolly, Folarin Balogun
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ryan Allsop, Nathan Byrne, Curtis Davies, Lee Buchanan, Craig Forsyth, Krystian Bielik, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Tom Lawrence, Liam Thompson, Luke Plange