Sunday 7 October 2012

Derby 0-0 Brighton

Rams manager Nigel Clough was forced to make two changes for The Seagulls visit to Pride Park. Gareth Roberts suffering with a hamstring injury and Frank Fielding with a groin strain we replaced by James O'Connor and Adam Legzdins. Conor Sammon returned to the starting line up at the expense of Nathan Tyson, who dropped to the bench.

The first half saw periods where both sides had possession of the ball, but were unable to take advantage of it. Neither goalkeeper was really tested.

Derby saw claims for a penalty turned down after Sammon was brought down in the box and the visitors also had claims dismissed when they thought that Richard Keogh had handballed inside the area.

A fairly uneventful first half with neither side coming close to breaking the deadlock. Bridcutt came close to scoring early in the second half, but his effort dropped and bounced off the top of the crossbar. Lopez put another chance wide and moments later Legzdins made a great save to deny Greer.

At the other end, Tomasz Kuszczak pulled off a couple of great saves from Brayford and Bryson.

The game was destined to be a goalless draw and that's how it stayed and to be perfectly honest a fair result.

The Rams go into the international break unbeaten in three and face Blackburn at home in two weeks.

Derby - Legzdins, Brayford, Keogh, Buxton, O'Connor, Coutts, Bryson, Hendrick, Hughes (Jacobs 46), Robinson (Davies 75), Sammon. Subs not used - Deeney, Freeman, Gjokaj, Tyson, Bennett.

Brighton - Kuszczak, Bruno, Greer, Al-Abd, Bridge, Buckley (Dobbie 34), Dicker, Bridcutt, Lopez, Orlandi (Hammond 61), Barnes. Subs not used - Ankergren, Dunk, Calderon, Lua Lua, Adgerstein,

Man of the Match - John Brayford.

Attendance - 22,059 (1,490 away fans)


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