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Sheffield Utd vs Derby gives Sheffield Utd a measured Championship edge, with wins of 1-0 in September 2024 and February 2025 followed by Derby’s 3-1 answer in November. Sheffield Utd then won 2-1 on 2 May 2026, while Derby’s 2-0 result from January 2022 remains another counterpoint. A friendly is secondary, leaving a competitive balance that favours Sheffield Utd but remains open to Derby’s reply.
Past matches, Sheffield Utd vs Derby
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Derby
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42M
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22D
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29M
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15F
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31G
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4D
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28D
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37M
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54M
Sheffield Utd Substitutes
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D
12
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M
24
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M
48
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F
9
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M
44
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G
46
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M
43
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D
37
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M
18
Match events
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5'⚽Sammie Szmodics Normal Goal
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18'Sondre Langås Yellow Card
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26'Matt Clarke Yellow Card
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45' +2Harrison Burrows Yellow Card
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54'Japhet Tanganga Yellow Card
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60'Bobby Clark Jaydon Banel
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62'⚽Thomas Cannon Normal Goal (Asst: Patrick Bamford)
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64'T. Chong T. Cannon
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64'Joe Rothwell Oliver Arblaster
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64'K. Hoever F. Seriki
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64'Ki-Jana Hoever Femi Seriki
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64'Tahith Chong Thomas Cannon
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68'Max Johnston Ben Brereton Díaz
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69'⚽S. Peck Normal Goal
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72'Danny Ings Gustavo Hamer
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74'Oscar Fraulo Craig Forsyth
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75'Lars-Jørgen Salvesen David Ozoh
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85'Jaïro Riedewald Callum O'Hare
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89'Bobby Clark Yellow Card
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90'B. Clark Yellow Card
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90' +7Sammie Szmodics Yellow Card
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90' +7Tahith Chong Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Sheffield Utd VS Derby
Sheffield Utd hold the stronger direction
The Championship meetings show Sheffield Utd creating a measured edge. Sheffield Utd won 1-0 against Derby on 21 September 2024 and repeated the scoreline on 1 February 2025. Derby answered with a 3-1 result at Sheffield Utd on 1 November 2025, but Sheffield Utd took a 2-1 victory at Derby on 2 May 2026. Derby’s 2-0 win on 15 January 2022 remains an earlier counterpoint, so the balance favours Sheffield Utd while Derby’s 3-1 answer keeps the comparison open.
Competitive results outweigh the friendly
Sheffield Utd also won 3-1 in a club friendly on 29 July 2023, but that result carries less weight than the Championship meetings. The competitive results contain narrow Sheffield Utd wins, a clear Derby response and another Sheffield Utd success, creating a direction rather than a settled verdict. Future meetings will ask whether Derby can turn its 3-1 answer into a broader shift or whether Sheffield Utd’s measured edge remains the more durable feature.