Nottingham Forest 1-3 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 February 2009

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 21 February 2009, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nottingham Forest 1-3 Derby County: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Derby County 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 21 February 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lewin Nyatanga opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Robert Earnshaw (87'). Derby County scored through Lewin Nyatanga (5'), Rob Hulse (47') and Steven Davies (67', penalty).

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 20th on 34 points from 33 and Derby County 16th on 38 points from 31. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

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

Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Derby County's W-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Lewin NyatangaDerby County · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest
  • 47'Goal · Rob HulseDerby County · 0-2
  • 66'Yellow card · James PerchNottingham Forest
  • 67'Penalty goal · Steven DaviesDerby County · 0-3
  • 87'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 1, Derby County 0.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs