Derby County 2-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 28 February 2023

Result

Derby County 2-0 Cheltenham Town

League One · Tuesday 28 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 2-0 Cheltenham Town: match report

Derby County beat Cheltenham Town 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 28 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

David McGoldrick opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Derby County's goals came from David McGoldrick (43') and Lewis Dobbin (67'). Cheltenham Town did not score.

Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 6th on 57 points from 32 and Cheltenham Town 19th on 33 points from 32. Derby County went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Cheltenham Town 16th with 54.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David McGoldrick of Derby County (8.7), ahead of Lewis Dobbin (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 0 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Ryan JacksonCheltenham Town
  • 43'Goal · David McGoldrickDerby County · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Glen ReaCheltenham Town
  • 56'Yellow card · Elliot BondsCheltenham Town
  • 59'Yellow card · H. WhiteDerby County
  • 67'Goal · Lewis DobbinDerby County · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · L. SibleyDerby County

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Derby County 1, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 0.

Team news

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

Joe Wildsmith, Korey Smith, Craig Forsyth, Eiran Cashin, Haydon Roberts, Harvey White, C. Hourihane, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jason Knight, Lewis Dobbin, David McGoldrick

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Luke Southwood, Ryan Jackson, Caleb Taylor, Sean Long, Ryan Broom, Glen Rea, Elliot Bonds, Will Ferry, Taylor Perry, James Olayinka, Alfie May