Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 8 April 2009

Result

Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County

Championship · Wednesday 8 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 4-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City defeated Derby County 4-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 8 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

R. Johnson opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from R. Johnson (16'), G. Rae (61'), Jay Bothroyd (63') and Eddie Johnson (79'). Derby County scored through an own goal by Eddie Johnson (90').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 64 points from 39 and Derby County 17th on 48 points from 39. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · R. JohnsonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · G. RaeCardiff City · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Eddie JohnsonCardiff City · 4-0
  • 90'Own goal · Eddie JohnsonDerby County · 4-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 0, draws 3, Derby County 2.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs