Sheffield United 4-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2009

Result

Sheffield United 4-2 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sheffield United 4-2 Derby County: match report

Sheffield United defeated Derby County 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kyle Naughton opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Kyle Naughton (7'), Darius Henderson (21'), Darius Henderson (62') and Craig Beattie (90'). Derby County scored through Rob Hulse (52') and Barry Bannan (69').

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

Going into the game Sheffield United were 4th on 60 points from 37 and Derby County 16th on 46 points from 36. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Kyle NaughtonSheffield United · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · John EustaceDerby County
  • 21'Goal · Darius HendersonSheffield United · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Rob HulseDerby County · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Andy ToddDerby County
  • 62'Goal · Darius HendersonSheffield United · 3-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Rob HulseDerby County
  • 69'Goal · Barry BannanDerby County · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleSheffield United
  • 90'Goal · Craig BeattieSheffield United · 4-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 0, Derby County 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge

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