Derby County 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 27 December 2016
Result
Derby County 1-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Tuesday 27 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Derby County 1-0 Birmingham City: match report
Derby County won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Darren Bent of Derby County in the 64th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 36 points from 22 and Birmingham City 9th on 34 points from 22. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.
Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacob Butterfield of Derby County (7.8), ahead of Richard Keogh (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 6 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Birmingham City's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 56'Yellow card · David Davis
- 64'Penalty goal · Darren Bent
- 64'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 88'Yellow card · W. Hughes
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Will Hughes, Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Johnny Russell
Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, Greg Stewart, David Davis, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz