- Porter (14), Porter (48)
- Rangel (55), Pintado (87)
- Date:2009-03-03
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Pride Park Stadium
- Attendance:26691
- Referee:Crossley, P
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
87mins
Goal!! Gorka Pintado scores for Swansea.
78mins
Swansea are replacing Garcia Jordi Gomez with Andrea Orlandi.
60mins
Swansea are replacing Leon Britton with Darren Pratley.
60mins
Nathan Dyer is replaced by Gorka Pintado.
60mins
Nathan Dyer goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
55mins
Goal!! Angel Zaragoza Rangel scores for Swansea.
48mins
Goal!! Chris Porter scores for Derby.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
30mins
Joe Allen goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
25mins
The referee has booked Jay McEveley.
14mins
Goal!! Chris Porter scores for Derby.
0mins
It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, March 3rd, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Swansea showed there is more than just skill to their game when they battled back to earn a point on a rain-lashed night at Pride Park
Derby had looked comfortable when two goals from Chris Porter on his full home debut put them in control, but the visitors kept plugging away and got their reward through Angel Rangel and Gorka Pintado.
Derby could count themselves unlucky after hitting both posts in the second half, but Swansea will take heart from the character they displayed.
It was an entertaining contest, full of enterprising football in conditions than often made it difficult to control the ball.
Derby were the more direct side but their front two of Porter and Rob Hulse gave Swansea problems all night and with better finishing they might have finished the Welsh side off.
Porter showed good reactions to open the scoring in 14th minute when he was first to the rebound after Dorus de Vries had pushed out a Robbie Savage free kick and Derby thought they had scored again in the 21st minute only for an offside flag to deny Rob Hulse.
For all their neat football, Swansea had rarely threatened and they found themselves chasing the game when a mistake by Ashley Williams in the 48th minute left Porter through to finish from twelve yards.
But Angel Rangel replied seven minutes later when he turned in a Jordi Gomez free-kick and Swansea must have sensed they would take something from the game when both Gary Teale and Steve Davies struck the woodwork.
They kept pressing and the pressure finally tolled in the 87th minute when Jason Scotland pulled the ball back and Pintado fired high into the net from ten yards.
Derby County Team
Swansea City Team
Derby County | Swansea City |
Corners
| 2 | 4 |
Fouls
| 10 | 7 |
Goal attempts
| 18 | 11 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 3 |
Offsides
| 4 | 2 |