Derby County 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 4 December 2013

Result

Derby County 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Wednesday 4 December 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Derby County beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 4 December 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chris Martin opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Derby County's goals came from Chris Martin (45') and C. Sammon (90'). Middlesbrough scored through Dean Whitehead (74').

Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Derby County were 6th on 28 points from 17 and Middlesbrough 17th on 19 points from 17. Derby County went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 64.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 2 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Derby County's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Middlesbrough's W-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiMiddlesbrough
  • 34'Second yellow · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiMiddlesbrough
  • 45'Goal · Chris MartinDerby County · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Dean WhiteheadMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Rhys WilliamsMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Goal · C. SammonDerby County · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 2, draws 2, Middlesbrough 6.

Team news

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

Richard Keogh, Jake Buxton, Craig Forsyth, Craig Bryson, Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick, Jamie Ward, Chris Martin

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jason Steele, Jonathan Woodgate, Rhys Williams, Grant Leadbitter, Mustapha Carayol, Dean Whitehead, Albert Adomah, Marvin Emnes