Cheltenham Town 2-3 Derby County: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 January 2023

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-3 Derby County

League One · Saturday 14 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Cheltenham Town 2-3 Derby County: match report

Cheltenham Town lost to Derby County 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 14 January 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Caleb Taylor opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Caleb Taylor (2') and Alfie May (77'). Derby County scored through Conor Hourihane (8'), M. Bird (11') and Tom Barkhuizen (55').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 28 points from 24 and Derby County 4th on 41 points from 24. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Derby County 7th with 76.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Caleb Taylor of Cheltenham Town (8.0), ahead of Alfie May (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Caleb TaylorCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Conor HourihaneDerby County · 1-1
  • 11'Goal · M. BirdDerby County · 1-2
  • 19'Yellow card · C. ForsythDerby County
  • 55'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenDerby County · 1-3
  • 57'Yellow card · Will FerryCheltenham Town
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsCheltenham Town
  • 77'Goal · Alfie MayCheltenham Town · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · James CollinsDerby County

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-3)

Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Caleb Taylor, Tom Bradbury, Ryan Jackson, Elliot Bonds, Liam Sercombe, Will Ferry, Ryan Broom, Will Goodwin, Alfie May

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

Joe Wildsmith, Korey Smith, Craig Forsyth, Eiran Cashin, Louie Sibley, C. Hourihane, Max Bird, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jason Knight, Tom Barkhuizen, James Collins