Derby County 1-4 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Friday 30 March 2018
Result
Derby County 1-4 Sunderland
Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Derby County 1-4 Sunderland: match report
Derby County lost to Sunderland 1-4 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.
George Honeyman opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Derby County's goal came from M. Vydra (42'). Sunderland scored through George Honeyman (10'), Ashley Fletcher (36'), Aiden McGeady (50', penalty) and John O'Shea (76').
Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 62 points from 37 and Sunderland 24th on 28 points from 38. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Sunderland (8.2), ahead of John O'Shea (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 3 draws and 5 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 10'Goal · George Honeyman
- 36'Goal · Ashley Fletcher
- 42'Goal · M. Vydra
- 50'Penalty goal · Aiden McGeady
- 59'Yellow card · Lamine Koné
- 63'Yellow card · Donald Love
- 67'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 72'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 76'Goal · John O'Shea
- 84'Yellow card · M. Vydra
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Chris Baird, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, George Thorne, Cameron Jerome
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lee Camp, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, Ashley Fletcher