Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 11 April 2018

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Derby County

Championship · Wednesday 11 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Derby County: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Derby County 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 11 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Diogo Jota (6') and Rúben Neves (51'). Derby County did not score.

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

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 89 points from 41 and Derby County 5th on 68 points from 40. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Derby County 5th with 78.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rúben Neves of Wolverhampton Wanderers (9.0), ahead of Willy Boly (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Ryan BennettWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, draws 2, Derby County 4.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-2-1)

John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Ivan Cavaleiro, Diogo Jota, Benik Afobe

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

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Andre Wisdom, Alex Pearce, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent