Derby County 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Sunday 15 October 2017
Result
Derby County 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Sunday 15 October 2017, 12:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Derby County 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Derby County defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 15 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Derby County's goals came from M. Vydra (1') and David Nugent (50'). Nottingham Forest did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Derby County were 17th on 13 points from 10 and Nottingham Forest 13th on 15 points from 11. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matej Vydra of Derby County (8.3), ahead of Scott Carson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 1'Goal · M. Vydra
- 50'Goal · David Nugent
- 66'Yellow card · Danny Fox
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Andre Wisdom, Curtis Davies, Johnny Russell, Tom Lawrence, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Armand Traore, Danny Fox, Liam Bridcutt, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell, Daryl Murphy, Barrie McKay, Jason Cummings