Derby County 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Thursday 2 January 2020

Result

Derby County 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Thursday 2 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Derby County defeated Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Thursday 2 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jack Marriott opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Derby County's goals came from Jack Marriott (45') and Martyn Waghorn (57'). Barnsley scored through Elliot Simoes (50').

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

Going into the game Derby County were 17th on 30 points from 25 and Barnsley 23rd on 21 points from 25. Derby County went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 49.

Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Barnsley in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Martyn Waghorn of Derby County (8.1), ahead of Curtis Davies (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Derby County wins, 2 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Jack MarriottDerby County · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Elliot SimoesBarnsley · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Martyn WaghornDerby County · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Duane HolmesDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 6, draws 2, Barnsley 2.

Team news

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

Ben Hamer, Andre Wisdom, Curtis Davies, Matt Clarke, Max Lowe, Duane Holmes, Wayne Mark Rooney, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Jack Marriott, Martyn Waghorn

Barnsley line-up (4-3-1-2)

Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Jordan Williams, Bambo Diaby, Mads Andersen, Clarke Oduor, Mike-Steven Bähre, Aapo Halme, Alex Mowatt, Luke Thomas, Conor Mark Chaplin, Patrick Schmidt