Derby County 2-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Derby County 2-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Derby County 2-1 Stoke City: match report

Derby County beat Stoke City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 September 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

M. Bird opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Derby County's goals came from M. Bird (31') and Curtis Davies (34'). Stoke City scored through Tom Ince (58').

Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 17th on 7 points from 7 and Stoke City 5th on 14 points from 7. Derby County went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Stoke City 14th with 62.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Bird of Derby County (7.7), level with Harry James Souttar (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 4 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Graeme ShinnieDerby County
  • 31'Goal · M. BirdDerby County · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · R. SawyersStoke City
  • 34'Goal · Curtis DaviesDerby County · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · L. SibleyDerby County
  • 58'Goal · Tom InceStoke City · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · L. ØstigårdStoke City
  • 89'Yellow card · Tom InceStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 3, draws 3, Stoke City 4.

Team news

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

Kelle Roos, Nathan Byrne, Phil Jagielka, Curtis Davies, Lee Buchanan, Max Bird, Graeme Shinnie, Louie Sibley, Ravel Morrison, Tom Lawrence, Sam Baldock

Stoke City line-up (3-5-2)

Josef Bursik, Leo Østigård, Harry James Souttar, Ben Wilmot, Tom Ince, R. Sawyers, Mario Vrančić, Sam Clucas, Josh Tymon, Sam Surridge, Abdallah Sima