Manchester United 2-1 Derby County: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Derby County
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Derby County: match report
Manchester United won against Derby County 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Joshua Andrew Harrop opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Joshua Andrew Harrop (40'), Carlos Tévez (45'), Carlos Tévez (60') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90+2', penalty). Derby County scored through Steve Howard (76').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 32 points from 15 and Derby County 20th on 6 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Derby County 20th with 11.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Derby County.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Derby County's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Claude Davis
- 40'Goal · Joshua Andrew Harrop
- 45'Goal · Carlos Tévez
- 52'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 60'Goal · Carlos Tévez
- 76'Goal · Steve Howard
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen Bywater, James McEveley, Andy Griffin, Claude Davis, Matt Oakley, Stephen Pearson, Steve Howard, Giles Barnes, Kenny Miller, Darren Moore