Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County: match report

Cardiff City defeated Derby County 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 January 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Callum Robinson opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Callum Robinson (62') and Anwar El Ghazi (64'). Derby County scored through Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (71').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 28 points from 28 and Derby County 22nd on 27 points from 28. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Derby County 19th with 50.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Robinson of Cardiff City (8.5), ahead of Jak Alnwick (7.6).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+4'Yellow card · Calum ChambersCardiff City
  • 59'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 62'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 64'Goal · Anwar El GhaziCardiff City · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Lars-Jørgen SalvesenDerby County · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Callum ElderDerby County

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jak Alnwick, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Dimitrios Goutas, Jesper Daland, Perry Ng, Calum Chambers, Joe Ralls, Cian Ashford, Alex Robertson, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson

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

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Ryan Nyambe, Craig Forsyth, Eiran Cashin, Callum Elder, Corey Blackett-Taylor, Ebou Adams, Ben Osborn, Kenzo Goudmijn, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, Jerry Yates