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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Pride Park Stadium
  • Attendance: 22196
  • Referee: Beeby, R

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Adam Drury goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

86mins

The referee has booked Mo Camara.

76mins

Derby are replacing Inigo Idiakez with Adam Bolder.

73mins

Morten Bisgaard goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

73mins

Lee Croft is replaced by Paul McVeigh.

71mins

Arturo Lupoli goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

55mins

Paul Peschisolido is being taken off, Arturo Lupoli has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

36mins

The referee has booked Lee Croft.

34mins

Derby are replacing Darren Moore with Lewin Nyatanga.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 19th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Derby County striker Steve Howard came closest to breaking the deadlock as his side fought out a goalless draw with Norwich at Pride Park.

The £1million summer signing from Luton Town came within inches of opening his Rams account when he rattled the bar with a header on 27 minutes.

It was one of the few clear-cut opportunities in a game which was far from dull, despite the lack of goals.

Robert Earnshaw twice came close to scoring for the visitors, and almost won it with a late header.

But in the end, both sides were happy with a point.

Derby boss Billy Davies brought in Danish midfielder Morten Bisgaard and Paul Peschisolido, and handed a debut to his new signing Mo Camara, whereas Norwich were unchanged for the fourth time this season.

It was the Canaries who made the early running. Gary Doherty had a header from Darren Huckerby's corner ruled out for a push on two minutes, before Lee Croft tested home debutant Stephen Bywater with a low effort moments later.

But the Rams, inspired by the pace and trickery of teenage midfielder Giles Barnes, soon came to life.

Howard, a summer transfer target for Norwich manager Nigel Worthington, twice forced Paul Gallacher into saves, then struck the bar after the City keeper came for and missed Inigo Idiakez's free-kick.

Bisgaard also troubled Gallacher from 35 yards and Worthington's men must have been happy to go in goalless at half-time.

But within ten minutes of the restart they almost took the lead when Earnshaw advanced from midfield and fired a powerful drive just over from 20 yards.

The remainder of the second period saw no lack of attacking intent from either side but few real chances.

However, with seven minutes to go, Earnshaw was presented with a golden opportunity to claim his side's third consecutive win.

The Wales international stole in between Derby's centre-back pairing and got onto the end of substitute Paul McVeigh's looping cross, but nodded wide from six yards to ensure the game ended all-square.

Derby County Team

Norwich City Team

Derby County

Norwich City

Corners

36

Fouls

1514

Goal attempts

1513

Shots off target

610

Offsides

10

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