Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 8 March 2025
Result
Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 8 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Derby County defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 March 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Craig Forsyth opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Derby County's goals came from Craig Forsyth (3') and Ebou Adams (7'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Makhtar Gueye (40').
Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 24th on 29 points from 35 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 52 points from 35. Derby County went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.
Derby County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Forsyth of Derby County (7.6), ahead of Callum Brittain (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 1 draw and 8 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Craig Forsyth
- 7'Goal · Ebou Adams
- 40'Goal · Makhtar Gueye
- 42'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
- 70'Yellow card · Harrison Armstrong
- 74'Yellow card · Jerry Yates
- 81'Yellow card · Sondre Tronstad
- 84'Yellow card · Hayden Carter
- 86'Yellow card · Matt Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
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Derby County line-up (3-5-2)
Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Nat Phillips, Craig Forsyth, Kane Wilson, Ebou Adams, Harrison Armstrong, Liam Thompson, Callum Elder, Marcus Harness, Jerry Yates
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Tyrhys Dolan, Yuki Ohashi, Augustus Kargbo, Makhtar Gueye