Derby County 1-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017

Result

Derby County 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Derby County 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Derby County drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 7 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Derby County's goal came from M. Vydra (50'). Preston North End scored through Tom Barkhuizen (90+5').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 10th on 51 points from 35 and Preston North End 8th on 53 points from 35. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Derby County lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Preston North End in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matej Vydra of Derby County (7.5), ahead of Cyrus Christie (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Goal · M. VydraDerby County · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 90+5'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 6, draws 3, Preston North End 1.

Team news

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

Scott Carson, Cyrus Christie, Chris Baird, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Johnny Russell, Jacob Butterfield, Bradley Johnson, Matej Vydra, Tom Ince, David Nugent

Preston North End line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Tom Barkhuizen, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill