Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 Derby County

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 Derby County: match report

Sheffield Wednesday defeated Derby County 4-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Barry Bannan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Barry Bannan (8'), Josh Windass (61'), Djeidi Gassama (63') and Anthony Musaba (74'). Derby County scored through Jerry Yates (68') and Ebou Adams (90+1').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 11th on 33 points from 24 and Derby County 17th on 27 points from 24. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 58 points, and Derby County 19th with 50.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Derby County in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ebou Adams of Derby County (7.8), level with Svante Ingelsson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 4 draws and 2 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Ebou AdamsDerby County
  • 32'Yellow cardDerby County
  • 34'Yellow card · Kenzo GoudmijnDerby County
  • 34'Yellow cardDerby County
  • 61'Goal · Josh WindassSheffield Wednesday · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Djeidi GassamaSheffield Wednesday · 3-0
  • 68'Goal · Jerry YatesDerby County · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · Anthony MusabaSheffield Wednesday · 4-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Shea Emmanuel CharlesSheffield Wednesday
  • 85'Yellow cardSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+1'Goal · Ebou AdamsDerby County · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 4, draws 4, Derby County 2.

Team news

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Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-1-1)

J. Beadle, Dominic Iorfa, Di'Shon Bernard, Max Lowe, Djeidi Gassama, Shea Charles, Nathaniel Chalobah, Barry Bannan, Marvin Johnson, Svante Ingelsson, Iké Ugbo

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

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Nat Phillips, Curtis Nelson, Sonny Bradley, Kane Wilson, Ebou Adams, Kenzo Goudmijn, Craig Forsyth, Marcus Harness, Jerry Yates, Kayden Jackson