Derby County vs Sheffield United: Championship stats & head-to-head

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Derby County
Sheffield United

1 J. Widell Zetterström

3 C. Forsyth

5 M. Clarke

6 S. Langås

23 J. Ward

27 L. Travis

18 D. Ozoh

34 J. Banel

19 S. Szmodics

25 B. Brereton

9 C. Morris

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42 B. Clark

29 O. Fraulo

22 M. Johnston

15 L. Salvesen

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
3 Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
4 Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
5 Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
6 Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
7 Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
8 Derby County	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
10 Birmingham City	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
11 Swansea City	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12 Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
13 Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14 Preston North End	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
15 Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
17 Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
18 Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
19 Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
20 Blackburn Rovers	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
21 West Bromwich Albion	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
22 Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
23 Leicester City	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
24 Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

Last Updated 2nd May 2026 at 14:26

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home team,Derby County

Manager:John Eustace

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

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home team,Derby County

away team,Sheffield United

Manager:Chris Wilder

Formation:4 - 4 - 2

home team,Derby County

Manager:John Eustace

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

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Referee:: Tom Nield
Assistant Referee 1:: Mark Stevens
Assistant Referee 2:: Jacob Graham
Fourth Official:: Dean Whitestone

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Match Facts

After their 3-1 win in November, Derby could record their first league double over Sheffield United since 1995-96 under Jim Smith.
Sheffield United have won five of their last nine league visits to Derby (D1 L3), more than their previous 33 beforehand (W4 D5 L24).
Derby have only lost their final game of one of their last seven Championship seasons (W3 D3), a 0-1 defeat to Cardiff in 2021-22.
Sheffield United are unbeaten in their final league game of their last six seasons outside of the Premier League (W4 D2) since a 0-2 defeat to Scunthorpe United in League One in 2015-16.
Derby have won 20 Championship games in 2025-26, their most in a season since 2018-19 (also 20). They last won more than 20 at this level in 2015-16 (21).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Sydie Peck.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Attempt missed. Matt Clarke (Derby County) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Joe Ward with a cross following a corner.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Adam Davies.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Attempt blocked. Joe Ward (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Sydie Peck (Sheffield United).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Bobby Clark (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 10 minutes of added time.
Bookingat 89 minutes
Bobby Clark (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 89 minutes
Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 89 minutes
Foul by Bobby Clark (Derby County).
Postat 88 minutes
Offside, Derby County. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen is caught offside.
Postat 87 minutes
Attempt missed. Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tahith Chong.
Postat 86 minutes
Attempt saved. Danny Ings (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Jacob Widell Zetterström (Derby County). Assisted by Patrick Bamford.
Substitutionat 85 minutes
Substitution, Sheffield United. Jairo Riedewald replaces Callum O'Hare.
Postat 84 minutes
Handball by Carlton Morris (Derby County).
Postat 84 minutes
Attempt blocked. Bobby Clark (Derby County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlton Morris.
Postat 82 minutes
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jacob Widell Zetterström.
Postat 82 minutes
Attempt missed. Danny Ings (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sydie Peck.
Postat 80 minutes
Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 80 minutes
Foul by Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Derby County).

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