Derby County 3-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2019

Result

Derby County 3-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 3-2 Birmingham City: match report

Derby County defeated Birmingham City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 28 September 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Chris Martin opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Derby County's goals came from Chris Martin (2'), Martyn Waghorn (50') and Jamie Paterson (74'). Birmingham City scored through G. Gardner (56') and Ivan Sunjic (59').

Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 18th on 8 points from 8 and Birmingham City 12th on 13 points from 8. Derby County went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Martin of Derby County (8.5), ahead of Kelle Roos (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Derby County wins, 4 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Chris MartinDerby County · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Álvaro GiménezBirmingham City
  • 44'Yellow card · Duane HolmesDerby County
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Krystian BielikDerby County
  • 50'Goal · Martyn WaghornDerby County · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · G. GardnerBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Ivan SunjicBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 70'Missed penalty · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City
  • 74'Goal · Jamie PatersonDerby County · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Scott MaloneDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 5, draws 4, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

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

Kelle Roos, Max Lowe, Krystian Bielik, Curtis Davies, Scott Malone, Tom Huddlestone, Duane Holmes, Martyn Waghorn, Sander Krabbendam, Florian Jozefzoon, Chris Martin

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Dan Crowley, Gary Gardner, Ivan Šunjić, Jacques Maghoma, Álvaro Giménez, Lukas Jutkiewicz