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Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers · Championship

Derby County beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Derby County and Blackburn Rovers met in the Championship at Pride Park Stadium in Derby on Saturday, 8 March 2025.

Goalscorers

Derby County: C. Forsyth 3'; E. Adams 7'. Blackburn Rovers: M. Gueye 40'.

How the match went

The referee showed 6 yellow cards (3 for Derby County, 3 for Blackburn Rovers).

Line-ups

Derby County started in a 3-5-2: Jacob Widell Zetterström, Sondre Langås, Nathaniel Phillips, Craig Forsyth, Kane Wilson, Ebou Adams, Harrison Armstrong, Liam Thompson, Callum Elder, Marcus Harness, Jerry Yates.

Blackburn Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Tyrhys Dolan, Yuki Ohashi, Augustus Kargbo, Makhtar Gueye.

More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 3'Goal! Derby County 1-0 Blackburn Rovers. C. Forsyth (Derby County) scores.
  2. 7'Goal! Derby County 2-0 Blackburn Rovers. E. Adams (Derby County) scores, assisted by J. Yates.
  3. 40'Goal! Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) scores, assisted by Y. Ohashi.
  4. 45'Half-time. Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers.
  5. 90'Full-time. Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Derby County vs Blackburn Rovers.
  2. 3'Goal! Derby County 1-0 Blackburn Rovers. C. Forsyth (Derby County) scores.
  3. 3'Attempt blocked. M. Harness (Derby County), header from a set piece. xG 0.05.
  4. 6'Attempt saved. Y. Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers), header from a set piece. xG 0.11.
  5. 7'Goal! Derby County 2-0 Blackburn Rovers. E. Adams (Derby County) scores, assisted by J. Yates.
  6. 7'Attempt blocked. J. Yates (Derby County), right-footed shot. xG 0.33.
  7. 7'Attempt blocked. L. Thompson (Derby County), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  8. 15'Attempt missed. D. Hyam (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  9. 16'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: D. Sanderson comes on for A. Kargbo.
  10. 29'Attempt saved. Y. Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.29.
  11. 40'Goal! Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) scores, assisted by Y. Ohashi.
  12. 42'Yellow card for C. Brittain (Blackburn Rovers) for foul.
  13. 45'Attempt missed. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.23.
  14. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  15. 45+5'Attempt missed. H. Carter (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
  16. 45'Half-time. Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers.
  17. 46'The second half is under way.
  18. 56'Attempt missed. Y. Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  19. 58'Substitution, Derby County: M. Clarke comes on for S. K. Langås.
  20. 61'Attempt missed. N. Phillips (Derby County), header from a corner. xG 0.23.
  21. 64'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: T. Cantwell comes on for Y. Ohashi.
  22. 64'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: C. Woodrow comes on for T. Dolan.
  23. 68'Attempt missed. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.21.
  24. 70'Yellow card for H. Armstrong (Derby County) for foul.
  25. 73'Substitution, Derby County: K. Jackson comes on for M. Harness.
  26. 74'Yellow card for J. Yates (Derby County) for foul.
  27. 75'Attempt blocked. C. Woodrow (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  28. 77'Attempt missed. H. Carter (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  29. 81'Yellow card for S. Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) for foul.
  30. 82'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: A. Cozier-Duberry comes on for S. Tronstad.
  31. 83'Attempt missed. J. Yates (Derby County), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.53.
  32. 83'Attempt blocked. H. Armstrong (Derby County), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.07.
  33. 83'Attempt blocked. K. Jackson (Derby County), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
  34. 84'Yellow card for H. Carter (Blackburn Rovers) for foul.
  35. 86'Yellow card for M. Clarke (Derby County) for foul.
  36. 87'Substitution, Derby County: K. Goudmijn comes on for H. Armstrong.
  37. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  38. 90+7'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.07.
  39. 90+8'Attempt saved. A. Cozier-Duberry (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.09.
  40. 90+8'Attempt missed. C. Brittain (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
  41. 90'Full-time. Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers.
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