Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 October 2016
Result
Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 29 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Derby County 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Derby County defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cyrus Christie opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Derby County's goals came from Cyrus Christie (17') and Alex Pearce (67'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 21st on 14 points from 14 and Sheffield Wednesday 5th on 24 points from 14. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 4th with 83.
Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cyrus Christie of Derby County (8.8), ahead of Scott Carson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 6 draws and 0 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Cyrus Christie
- 51'Yellow card · Liam Palmer
- 66'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 67'Goal · Alex Pearce
- 82'Yellow card · Tom Ince
- 90+1'Yellow card · Atdhe Nuhiu
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Carson, Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Jacob Butterfield, Jamie Hanson, Bradley Johnson, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Johnny Russell
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-1-1)
Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Sam Hutchinson, Daniel Pudil, Barry Bannan, Kieran Lee, David Jones, Adam Reach, Fernando Forestieri, Gary Hooper