Nottingham Forest 5-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 29 December 2010

Result

Nottingham Forest 5-2 Derby County

Championship · Wednesday 29 December 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Nottingham Forest 5-2 Derby County: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Derby County 5-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 29 December 2010. The half-time score was 3-1.

Luke Chambers opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Luke Chambers (2'), Marcus Tudgay (24'), Marcus Tudgay (45'), Robert Earnshaw (53') and Robert Earnshaw (90'). Derby County scored through Luke Moore (14') and Kris Commons (55').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 12th on 30 points from 20 and Derby County 13th on 30 points from 22. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Derby County 19th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 1 draw and 2 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Dean LeacockDerby County
  • 14'Goal · Luke MooreDerby County · 1-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Dean MoxeyDerby County
  • 24'Goal · Marcus TudgayNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · Marcus TudgayNottingham Forest · 3-1
  • 53'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 4-1
  • 55'Goal · Kris CommonsDerby County · 4-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Kris CommonsDerby County
  • 90'Yellow card · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest
  • 90'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 5-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 1, Derby County 2.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up

Ryan Bertrand, Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Chris Gunter, Guy Moussi, Aaron Ramsey, Radoslaw Majewski, Robert Earnshaw, Marcus Tudgay, Lee Camp, Nathan Tyson

Derby County line-up

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Shaun Barker, Dean Leacock, Dean Moxey, Paul Green, Kris Commons, James Bailey, Tomasz Cywka, Luke Moore, Alberto Bueno Calvo