Sunderland 1-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Friday 4 August 2017

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Derby County

Championship · Friday 4 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 1-1 Derby County: match report

Sunderland drew with Derby County 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 4 August 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Bradley Johnson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Lewis Grabban (42', penalty). Derby County scored through Bradley Johnson (11').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Derby County 5th with 78.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Grabban of Sunderland (8.0), ahead of Aiden McGeady (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 1 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Bradley JohnsonDerby County · 0-1
  • 42'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanSunderland · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · James VaughanSunderland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sunderland 5, draws 2, Derby County 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Billy Jones, Brendan Galloway, Tyias Browning, Lamine Koné, Lee Cattermole, Didier Ndong, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, James Vaughan, Lewis Grabban

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

Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Andre Wisdom, Curtis Davies, Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield, Tom Huddlestone, Johnny Russell, Chris Martin, Andreas Weimann