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Derby County

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  1. Bore draw at Pride Park

    Bore draw at Pride Park

    Derby and Sunderland played out a goalless draw at Pride Park which dented the Black Cats' survival hopes. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Derby County
    • Sunderland
    • 90' It's all over. A dull, dull draw which dents Sunderland's survival hopes and sees Derby stay on course to reach the lowest tally of points in the Premier League ever.
    • 90' Now Derby have a corner - but it's headed clear.
    • 90' The corner falls to Richardson, who shoots. It's parried straight to a Sunderland player but somehow his shot is blocked! What a chance to win it i injury time!
    • 90' Four extra minutes to come.
    • 89' Sunderland win a late corner.
    • 84' A whipped cross from Leadbitter wide on the right evades everyone in the Sunderland box.
    • 83' Jones latches on to a flick on by Stokes just outside the area...he races through on goal but his shot dribbles just wide. So close to making the breakthrough at long last.
    • 82' Gordon clears a dangerous cross by Fagan into the area with a diving punch and manages to take out Bardsley at the same time.
    • 81' Earnshaw is on for Derby as well, in place of Villa up front.
    • 80' Sunderland are getting desperate: Stokes, who scored the late winner when these sides met earlier in the season, is on for Murphy up front.
    • 78' Sunderland are swarming on the Derby box but just can't make the breakthrough. Richardson sees successive crosses from the left cut out by defenders.
    • 75' Moore is booked now for a bit of a push on Chopra. It was Pearson booked earlier for complaining about Sunderland's wall instead of Moore, so he isn't getting a red here.
    • 73' Now Villa IS booked for...a late aerial challenge. Derby must have been working hard on those in training this week - that's their third booking for the same offence!
    • 71' A cross by Kenwyne Jones is cleared by Darren Moore.
    • 66' Sunderland substitution: Andy Reid replaced by Grant Leadbitter. Derby make a change too: Mile Sterjovski off for by Craig Fagan.
    • 64' Pearson is booked for complaining that the Sunderland wall wasn't back the full ten yards.
    • 63' Stubbs powers the free kick goalwards but its blocked and cleared by Sunderland.
    • 62' Andy Reid, who it has to be said is looking a little tubby, concedes a free kick for a clumsy foul 25 yards from his own goal. A chance to shoot from here.
    • 61' Michael Chopra drills a right-footed shot at goal but McEveley blocks.
    • 59' Jones tries a curler from 30 yards but it tamely rolls straight to Carroll. Ambitious but ultimately poor from the big striker.
    • 57' Derby make a change: Ghaly on for Jones.
    • 56' Now Derby almost score as first Miller then Villa fail to convert crosses into the Sunderland area during a hectic period of penalty area pinball.
    • 55' Andy Reid has all the time in the world to pick out a team-mate inside the area, but he dallies and the ball is hacked away. What a waste.
    • 54' Now Jones is clutching his face after Moore pulled his dreads as they challenged for the high ball.
    • 53' Eddie Lewis is added to the book for a late aerial challenge on Bardsley. Very similar to McEveley's booking earlier.
    • 52' But Jones concedes a free kick for some kind of foul inside the box.
    • 51' Sunderland win a corner on the left as a Higginbotham cross is cut out by Edworthy.
    • 49' Something to note: Villa wasn't booked for that elbow in the first half apparently. He should have been though.
    • 48' Richardson picks up a loose ball in midfield, drives towards goal and unleashes a shot from 30 yards...but it whistles well wide.
    • 47' Reid drives a cross into the Derby area but Jones and then Chopra just fail to get on to the ball. Good start for Sunderland.
    • 46' The second half is under way at Pride Park.
    • 45' I don't think we got our full two minutes worth, but that's it for the first half. Come back in 15 minutes for the second thrilling installment.
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to come.
    • 42' Almost a comedy own goal from Stubbs as he obliviously diverts a cross into his goal. Luckily for the big man it dribbles just wide.
    • 40' Mile Sterjovski volleys left-footed over the bar.
    • 40' It took until the 94th minute for someone to score when these sides met earlier in the season. It's deja vu here.
    • 39' Niall Quinn is looking glum in the stands. You can't blame him.
    • 38' Jones has the ball at his feet in the Derby area, he tries to find some room to shoot but ends up giving the ball away. Oh dear.
    • 37' That goal should definitely have been given. Chopra was just onside when the ball was crossed to him from the left.
    • 35' McEveley is booked for a horribly late aerial challenge.
    • 33' Chopra has the ball in the net but its ruled out for offside! Harsh decision.
    • 30' Richardson tries a curler but it flies high and wide.
    • 29' Moore has conceded a free kick just outside his area on the left now.
    • 28' Reid whips it in to the six-yard box, Murphy flicks it on but it drops just wide.
    • 27' Now Miller concedes a free kick in a dangerous position about 5 yards from Derby's area wide on the right.
    • 26' Some desperate defending by Sunderland only just stops Lewis getting a clear shot at goal inside the box after good work by Pearson down the right wing for Derby.
    • 25' Lewis concedes a free kick wide on the right wing near his own penalty area. But Whitehead's cross into the box is well cleared by Derby.
    • 24' Evans goes off for treatment but should be OK to come back on.
    • 23' Villa is booked for an elbow on Evans. Good decision.
    • 21' Higginbotham is lucky to escape a booking for a late lunge at Edworthy.
    • 20' Murphy with another lively run on the break which ends with a low left-footed shot at goal. Carroll holds on to the shot.
    • 19' It's lumped into the area but cleared.
    • 18' Derby win a free kick about 40 yards from goal slightly to the left side of the pitch.
    • 17' Villa receives the ball with his back to goal in the Sunderland box. He turns and shoots, but his effort bobbles straight into Gordon's hands.
    • 16' Sterjovski wins a corner for Derby but again Sunderland deal with it easily enough.
    • 15' The corner's overhit but Reid collects on the opposite wing and whips a cross to Chopra, who heads over. Good play by the away side.
    • 14' Murphy wins a corner for Sunderland on the right.
    • 13' Andy Reid almost slips Murphy through in the Derby area but the slide-rule pass is just too heavy.
    • 12' Kenny Miller with a great shot on the turn from the edge of the area. But it flies just wide of Gordon's right post.
    • 10' One of the things you'll notice on the highlights of this game is that it's almost impossible to tell the two sides' strips apart, with Derby in white and Sunderland in their red and white stripes.
    • 9' Sunderland throw away possession. Literally.
    • 8' Stubbs concedes a throw in in the far left corner of his side's half.
    • 8' Derby win a corner. Lewis swings it into the near post but Sunderland clear their lines.
    • 6' Jones makes a penetrating run down the left wing but his cross is low and weak. Derby clear.
    • 4' Kenny Miller gets the match's first booking for a cynical foul on Jones as the big striker burst into the Derby half on the break.
    • 2' A brilliant shot by the striker with his weaker right boot. It came back off the inside of the post with Carroll stranded in the Derby goal. Murphy scored a spectacular goal against Wigan the other week and almost repeated the trick there.
    • 2' So close for Sunderland as Murphy curls a shot on to the post from just outside the area!
    • 1' We're under way at Pride Park.
    • 0' Team news: Derby start with the ageing centre-backs Stubbs and Moore in the absence of Leacock and Davis. Savage is left out completely, with David Jones winning a recall in midfield. Sunderland welcome back Richardson from injury in midfield with Higginbotham also returns to fill in for the suspended Collins at left-back.
    • 0' This match sees the team with the worst home record (six points from 13 matches) against the one with the worst away record (two from 14). So stand by for a 0-0 thriller.
    • 0' Welcome to live minute by minute coverage of Derby against Sunderland in the Premier League.

  • Team Stats

    Derby County Stats Sunderland
    48% Possession 51%
    7 Shots 15
    0 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 0
    4 Corners 5
    18 Fouls 19
    1 Offsides 3
    5 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 16
    155 Accurate passes 183
    47 Bad passes 39

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Derby County
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      31 Roy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      23 Darren Moore 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 9 1 0
      4 James McEveley 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16 15 1
      2 Marc Edworthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3
      8 Alan Stubbs 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 2 2
      7 David Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 3
      25 Stephen Pearson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 6 2
      21 Mile Sterjovski 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 1 3
      15 Eddie Lewis 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 19 9 1
      14 Kenny Miller 0 4 0 3 3 1 0 14 5 1
      9 Emanuel Villa 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 9 2 0
      11 Craig Fagan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
      10 Robert Earnshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      1 Lewis Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Hossam Ghaly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1
      22 Benny Feilhaber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 1
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 15 10 3
      26 Phillip Bardsley 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18 1 1
      44 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 6 2
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 3 4
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 37 7 1
      20 Andy Reid 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 7 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 3 1 5 4 1 0 11 1 1
      16 Michael Chopra 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 16 0 1
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 0
      9 Anthony Stokes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      45 Rade Prica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' The corner falls to Richardson, who shoots. It's parried straight to a Sunderland player but somehow his shot is blocked! What a chance to win it i injury time!
    • 84' A whipped cross from Leadbitter wide on the right evades everyone in the Sunderland box.
    • 83' Jones latches on to a flick on by Stokes just outside the area...he races through on goal but his shot dribbles just wide. So close to making the breakthrough at long last.
    • 63' Stubbs powers the free kick goalwards but its blocked and cleared by Sunderland.
    • 56' Now Derby almost score as first Miller then Villa fail to convert crosses into the Sunderland area during a hectic period of penalty area pinball.
    • 48' Richardson picks up a loose ball in midfield, drives towards goal and unleashes a shot from 30 yards...but it whistles well wide.
    • 42' Almost a comedy own goal from Stubbs as he obliviously diverts a cross into his goal. Luckily for the big man it dribbles just wide.
    • 33' Chopra has the ball in the net but its ruled out for offside! Harsh decision.
    • 30' Richardson tries a curler but it flies high and wide.
    • 28' Reid whips it in to the six-yard box, Murphy flicks it on but it drops just wide.
    • 26' Some desperate defending by Sunderland only just stops Lewis getting a clear shot at goal inside the box after good work by Pearson down the right wing for Derby.
    • 20' Murphy with another lively run on the break which ends with a low left-footed shot at goal. Carroll holds on to the shot.
    • 15' The corner's overhit but Reid collects on the opposite wing and whips a cross to Chopra, who heads over. Good play by the away side.
    • 12' Kenny Miller with a great shot on the turn from the edge of the area. But it flies just wide of Gordon's right post.
    • 2' So close for Sunderland as Murphy curls a shot on to the post from just outside the area!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Derby County

    Manager: Paul Jewell

    On the Field

    • Carroll
    • Edworthy
    • Moore Yellow Card
    • Stubbs
    • McEveley Yellow Card
    • Sterjovski Substitution Out (66′)
    • Jones Substitution Out (57′)
    • Pearson Yellow Card
    • Lewis Yellow Card
    • Miller Yellow Card
    • Villa Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • Earnshaw Substitution In (81′)
    • Fagan Substitution In (66′)
    • Ghaly Substitution In (57′)
    • Feilhaber
    • Price

    Injured

    • Mills
    • Leacock
    • Davis
    • Mears
    • Barnes

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • Bardsley
    • Nosworthy
    • Evans
    • Higginbotham
    • Chopra
    • Whitehead
    • Richardson
    • Reid Substitution Out (66′)
    • Jones
    • Murphy Substitution Out (80′)

    Subs

    • Prica
    • McShane
    • Leadbitter Substitution In (66′)
    • Stokes Substitution In (80′)
    • Fulop

    Injured

    • Wallace
    • Edwards
    • O'Donovan

    Suspended

    • Collins