Derby County 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Sunday 8 March 2020
Result
Derby County 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Sunday 8 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Derby County 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Derby County defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Sunday 8 March 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
L. Sibley opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Derby County's goals came from L. Sibley (26'), Chris Martin (41') and Chris Martin (85', penalty). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Derby County were 14th on 48 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 53 points from 36. Derby County went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Martin of Derby County (8.9), ahead of Craig Forsyth (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 26'Goal · L. Sibley
- 41'Goal · Chris Martin
- 45+1'Yellow card · Joe Rothwell
- 72'Yellow card · M. Bird
- 75'Yellow card · L. Sibley
- 84'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
- 85'Penalty goal · Chris Martin
- 90+3'Red card · J. Buckley
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Hamer, Jayden Bogle, Andre Wisdom, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, Graeme Shinnie, Max Bird, Martyn Waghorn, Louie Sibley, Jason Knight, Chris Martin
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Walton, Elliott Bennett, Ryan Nyambe, Tosin Adarabioyo, Amari'i Bell, Sam Gallagher, Lewis Travis, Stewart Downing, Joe Rothwell, Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Díaz