Nottingham Forest 2-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nottingham Forest 2-2 Derby County: match report

Nottingham Forest drew with Derby County 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Zach Clough opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Zach Clough (5') and Dani Pinillos (90+4'). Derby County scored through M. Vydra (47') and David Nugent (53').

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

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 20th on 40 points from 37 and Derby County 10th on 52 points from 37. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Derby County 9th with 67.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Pinillos of Nottingham Forest (8.5), ahead of Craig Bryson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws and 5 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Zach CloughNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · M. VydraDerby County · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · David NugentDerby County · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 90+4'Goal · Dani PinillosNottingham Forest · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 2, Derby County 5.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Smith, Michael Mancienne, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, David Vaughan, Chris Cohen, Ben Brereton Díaz, Zach Clough, Ben Osborn, Britt Assombalonga

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

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Craig Bryson, Bradley Johnson, Tom Ince, Johnny Russell, Matej Vydra, David Nugent