Derby County 4-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 December 2022
Result
Derby County 4-0 Forest Green Rovers
League One · Saturday 17 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Derby County 4-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Derby County beat Forest Green Rovers 4-0 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Derby County's goals came from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (5'), David McGoldrick (21'), David McGoldrick (69') and David McGoldrick (87'). Forest Green Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 31 points from 20 and Forest Green Rovers 21st on 20 points from 21. Derby County went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 27.
Derby County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David McGoldrick of Derby County (9.7), ahead of Craig Forsyth (7.7).
Going into the match Derby County's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Forest Green Rovers's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 21'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 43'Yellow card · James Collins
- 54'Yellow card · Tom Barkhuizen
- 63'Yellow card · L. Sibley
- 69'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 87'Goal · David McGoldrick
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Wildsmith, Korey Smith, Craig Forsyth, Eiran Cashin, Louie Sibley, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, C. Hourihane, Max Bird, Tom Barkhuizen, David McGoldrick, James Collins
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Luke McGee, Dominic Bernard, Oliver Casey, Baily Cargill, Corey O'Keeffe, Ben Stevenson, Regan Hendry, Harry Boyes, Kyle McAllister, Bryan Fiabema, Josh March