Derby County 4-2 Fulham: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 4 April 2017

Result

Derby County 4-2 Fulham

Championship · Tuesday 4 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Derby County 4-2 Fulham: match report

Derby County defeated Fulham 4-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 4 April 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

David Nugent opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Derby County's goals came from David Nugent (8'), David Nugent (42'), David Nugent (59') and Johnny Russell (67'). Fulham scored through Floyd Ayité (35') and Floyd Ayité (79').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 10th on 56 points from 39 and Fulham 7th on 61 points from 39. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Fulham 6th with 78.

Derby County lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Fulham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Nugent of Derby County (8.7), ahead of Floyd Ayité (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 5 draws and 2 for Fulham.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · David NugentDerby County · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Floyd AyitéFulham · 1-1
  • 41'Missed penalty · David NugentDerby County
  • 42'Goal · David NugentDerby County · 2-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Lucas PiazonFulham
  • 59'Goal · David NugentDerby County · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Johnny RussellDerby County · 4-1
  • 79'Goal · Floyd AyitéFulham · 4-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Kevin McDonaldFulham
  • 90'Yellow card · Sone AlukoFulham
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Johnny RussellDerby County

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 5, Fulham 2.

Team news

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

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Tom Ince, Bradley Johnson, Craig Bryson, Johnny Russell, Matej Vydra, David Nugent

Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Button, Kazım Nas, Tomas Kalas, Tim Ream, Scott Malone, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Lucas Piazón, Tom Cairney, Floyd Ayité, Sone Aluko