Derby County 1-2 Wrexham: result and report

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026

Result

Derby County 1-2 Wrexham

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Derby County 1-2 Wrexham: match report

Derby County lost to Wrexham 1-2 in the Championship on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Derby County's goal came from Ben Brereton Díaz (34'). Wrexham scored through Sam Smith (25') and Matty James (48').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Wrexham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 12th on 35 points from 25 and Wrexham 11th on 37 points from 25. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Wrexham 7th with 71.

Derby County lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Wrexham in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty James of Wrexham (7.7), ahead of Ben Brereton Díaz (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wrexham.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Sam SmithWrexham · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Max CleworthWrexham
  • 34'Goal · Ben Brereton DíazDerby County · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Matty JamesWrexham · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Matty JamesWrexham
  • 73'Yellow card · Dion SandersonDerby County

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Derby County 0, draws 1, Wrexham 0.

Team news

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

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Joe Ward, Liam Thompson, Bobby Clark, Callum Elder, Ben Brereton Díaz, Patrick Agyemang, Rhian Brewster

Wrexham line-up (3-2-4-1)

Arthur Okonkwo, Max Cleworth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Doyle, Matty James, Ben Sheaf, Ryan Longman, Josh Windass, Nathan Broadhead, George Thomason, Sam Smith