Derby County 1-0 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017
Result
Derby County 1-0 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Derby County 1-0 Burton Albion: match report
Derby County defeated Burton Albion 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Johnny Russell of Derby County in the 81st minute.
Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 6th on 32 points from 19 and Burton Albion 23rd on 14 points from 19. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Curtis Davies of Derby County (8.3), ahead of Richard Keogh (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 1 for Burton Albion.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Burton Albion's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 65'Yellow card · Tom Flanagan
- 81'Goal · Johnny Russell
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Richard Keogh, Chris Baird, Marcus Olsson, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, George Thorne, Joe Ledley, Chris Martin
Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)
Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Ben Turner, Tom Flanagan, Tom Naylor, Jake Buxton, Luke Murphy, Lucas Akins, William Miller, Matt Palmer, Marvin Sordell