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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
Tommy Smith is replaced by Marco Reich.
Ian Cox is booked for unsporting behaviour.
Morten Bisgaard is replaced by Ian Taylor.
Gillingham are replacing Chris Hope with Matthew Jarvis.
Goal!! Paul Peschisolido scores for Derby.
Michael Johnson is being taken off, Pablo Mills has come on in his place.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by N Miller
Goal!! Derby have scored with Morten Bisgaard putting it in the back of the net.
It's 3pm on Saturday, April 23rd, the match has kicked off.
Derby County moved ever closer to play-off with a fourth straight victory that left Gillingham still needing a point to secure their Championship status. Goals in each half from Morten Bisgaard and Paul Peschisolido were enough to seal a well organised Gillingham side who failed to take their chances. The finishing was the difference between the teams as Derby accepted the openings that came their way while the visitors squandered theirs. Darius Henderson and Darren Byfield both wasted one on ones with Derby goal keeper Lee Camp either side of Bisgaard's 33rd minute opener. Camp was also outstanding on a day when a strong swirling wind made conditions awkward and his growing confidence has been one of the reasons behind Derby's advance towards a top-six finish. Gillingham were unbeaten in nine before this and showed why with a solid display that suggests they would get the point they need to stay up. On another day, Henderson and Byfield would surely have scored but instead manager Stan Ternent was left holding his head in frustration. Bisgaard showed how it should be done when he swivelled to volley past Jason Brown from 12 yards after Chris Hope had sliced his attempted clearance. Gillingham should have cancelled that goal out at the start of the second half when Nicky Southall crossed to the back post were Jon Douglas saw his close-range shot brilliantly saved by Camp. Derby put the game out of Gillingham reach in the 72 minute when Grzegorz Rasiak went through the middle and although Brown blocked his low drive, the ball fell kindly to Peschisolido who flipped it into the empty net.
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