Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Friday 16 April 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Derby County

Championship · Friday 16 April 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Derby County: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 16 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tom Lawrence opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Sam Gallagher (42') and H. Elliott (66'). Derby County scored through Tom Lawrence (22').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 47 points from 41 and Derby County 21st on 43 points from 41. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Derby County 22nd with 44.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Graeme Shinnie of Derby County (8.1), ahead of Harvey Elliott (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Tom LawrenceDerby County · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Lewis HoltbyBlackburn Rovers
  • 42'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Matt ClarkeDerby County
  • 66'Goal · H. ElliottBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · H. ElliottBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 2, Derby County 3.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Lewis Travis, Bradley Johnson, Lewis Holtby, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Sam Gallagher

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

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Andre Wisdom, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, Max Bird, Graeme Shinnie, Patrick Roberts, Tom Lawrence, Kamil Jóźwiak, Louie Sibley