Watford 3-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Sunday 3 May 2009

Result

Watford 3-1 Derby County

Championship · Sunday 3 May 2009, 12:15 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Watford 3-1 Derby County: match report

Watford beat Derby County 3-1 in the Championship on Sunday 3 May 2009. The half-time score was 3-0.

Jobi McAnuff opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Watford's goals came from Jobi McAnuff (14'), Grzegorz Rasiak (28') and Grzegorz Rasiak (41'). Derby County scored through John Eustace (82').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 15th on 55 points from 45 and Derby County 16th on 54 points from 45. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Jobi McAnuffWatford · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakWatford · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakWatford · 3-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Lloyd DoyleyWatford
  • 82'Goal · John EustaceDerby County · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 1, draws 1, Derby County 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King

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