DERBY. Derby County defeats Sheffield United 2-0 after T. Lawrence scores a double.

The match was played at the Pride Park Stadium stadium in Derby on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott with the support of Matthew Wilkes and Shaun Hudson. The 4th official was Darren Drysdale. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 2.5 degrees Celsius or 36.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sheffield United had a strong ball possession 55% while Derby County was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Derby County succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Derby County shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sheffield United shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Derby County received 1 yellow card (T. Lawrence). On the other side, Sheffield United received 1 yellow card (I. Ndiaye).

Standings

After this contest, Derby County will have 14 points like Barnsley to hold in the 23rd place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United will stay with 32 points like Luton Town and Preston North End to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Derby County will play away against Nottingham Forest on the 22nd of January with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Derby County (11 draws).

Sheffield United will host Luton Town on the 22nd of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

Derby County – Formation

Derby County started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Wayne Mark Rooney decided to play with the following team: Ryan Allsop (7.0), Nathan Byrne (6.9), Richard Stearman (6.8), Curtis Davies (6.6), Festy Ebosele (7.4), Jason Knight (7.3), Max Bird (6.7), Liam Thompson (6.8), Kamil Jóźwiak (6.8), Luke Plange (6.2) and Tom Lawrence (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Colin Kazim-Richards (6.7), Craig Forsyth (6.8), Kelle Roos, Ravel Morrison, D. Robinson, Eiran Joe Cashin (6.4) and Louie Sibley.

Derby County could not rely on the presence of E. Cashin (injured).

Substitutions

Derby County made 3 changes: K. Jozwiak for C. Forsyth (46′), L. Plange for C. Kazim-Richards (60′) and T. Lawrence for E. Cashin (83′).

Best player: Tom Lawrence​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Derby County was Tom Lawrence.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (6.2), Chris Basham (6.4), John Egan (6.8), Jack Robinson (7.4), Jayden Bogle (6.4), Sander Berge (6.2), Oliver Norwood (6.8), Rhys Norrington-Davies (6.8), David McGoldrick (7.3), Billy Sharp (6.3) and Iliman Ndiaye (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oliver Burke, Conor Hourihane (6.3), Kyron Gordon, Ben Osborn (6.5), Enda Stevens, Jake Eastwood and Rhian Brewster (6.3).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 3 changes: D. McGoldrick for R. Brewster (68′), S. Berge for C. Hourihane (68′) and J. Robinson for B. Osborn (83′).

Best player: Jack Robinson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield United was Jack Robinson.

His rating is (7.4) with 63 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Cardiff City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
• Derby County – Sheffield United – 2-0
• Fulham – Bristol City – 6-2
• Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 1-1
• Luton Town – AFC Bournemouth – 3-2
• Middlesbrough – Reading – 2-1
• Millwall – Nottingham Forest – 0-1
• Peterborough United – Coventry City – 1-4
• Preston North End – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0