Portsmouth 1-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2012

Result

Portsmouth 1-2 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 1-2 Derby County: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Derby County 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Buxton opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Luke Varney (74'). Derby County scored through J. Buxton (41') and Steven Davies (78', penalty).

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 18th on 50 points from 44 and Derby County 13th on 60 points from 44. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 50 points, and Derby County 11th with 64.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · J. BuxtonDerby County · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Dave KitsonPortsmouth
  • 55'Yellow card · Luke VarneyPortsmouth
  • 65'Yellow card · Steven DaviesDerby County
  • 65'Yellow card · Jason PearcePortsmouth
  • 74'Goal · Luke VarneyPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 78'Penalty goal · Steven DaviesDerby County · 1-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 2, Derby County 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

Jamie Ashdown, Joel Ward, Ricardo Rocha, Jason Pearce, Greg Halford, Karim Rekik, Scott Allan, David Norris, Luke Varney, Ashley Harris, Dave Kitson

Derby County line-up

Frank Fielding, John Brayford, Gareth Roberts, Jason Shackell, Jeff Hendrick, Steven Davies, Jamie Ward, Theo Robinson, Craig Bryson, Nathan Tyson, Jake Buxton