Derby County 1
Wrexham 2
League (Championship)

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Derby County 

1 - 2
HT: 1-1

Wrexham


League
(Championship)
Sunday, January 4th, 2026
Pride Park
Attendance: 29,939 (Away: 2,598)
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Ben Brereton Diaz (34) Sam Smith (25)
Matty James (48)

Team Managers
John Eustace Phil Parkinson

Starting Eleven
1. Jacob Zetterstrom
5. Matthew Clarke
6. Sondre Langas
7. Patrick Agyemang
10. Rhian Brewster
16. Liam Thompson
20. Callum Elder
23. Joe Ward
25. Ben Brereton Diaz
28. Dion Sanderson
42. Bobby Clark 		Arthur Okonkwo .1
Max Cleworth .4
Callum Doyle .2
Dom Hyam .5
Ryan Longman .47
Matty James .37
Ben Sheaf .18
George Thomason .14
Josh Windass .10
Nathan Broadhead .33
Sam Smith .28

Bench
12. Richard O'Donnell
3. Craig Forsyth
4. Danny Batth
11. Corey Blackett-Taylor
14. Andreas Weimann
15. Lars-Jorgen Salvesen
19. Kayden Jackson
27. Lewis Travis
32. Ebou Adams 		Callum Burton .25
Ryan Barnett .29
Liberato Cacace .13
Conor Coady .6
Dan Scarr .24
George Dobson .15
Lewis O'Brien .27
Ollie Rathbone .20
Jay Rodriguez .16

Substitutions
Lars-Jorgen Salvesen for Rhian Brewster (60)
Andreas Weimann for Patrick Agyemang (60)
Lewis Travis for Liam Thompson (60)
Corey Blackett-Taylor for Callum Elder (60)
Kayden Jackson for Dion Sanderson (81) 		Ollie Rathbone for Josh Windass (66)
Lewis O'Brien for Nathan Broadhead (75)
Jay Rodriguez for Sam Smith (90)
Liberato Cacace for George Thomason (90)

Cautions
Dion Sanderson (73) Max Cleworth (30)
Matty James (69)

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Matt Corlett (Referee)
Matthew McGrath & Daniel Leach (Assistants)
Josh Smith (Fourth Official)



Photography by David Roberts

Match Report

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Squad Statistics (as at January 4th, 2026)

2025-26 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Okonkwo (GK) 23 - 2 - 102 -
Max Cleworth 2512 - 17411
Callum Doyle 14 - 2 - 16 -
Dom Hyam 21 - 0 - 21 -
Ryan Longman 2424 - 493
Matty James 2612 - 613
Ben Sheaf 20 - 0 - 20 -
George Thomason 15 - 2 - 17 -
Josh Windass 2272 - 247
Nathan Broadhead 21421235
Sam Smith 223414511
Liberato Cacace (sub) 9 - 0 - 9 -
Ollie Rathbone (sub) 631 - 5511
Lewis O'Brien (sub) 2034 - 243
Jay Rodriguez (sub) 3 - 0 - 212







League Table & Results (as at January 4th, 2026)

Results of league matches played since last match
4th January 2026
Birmingham3-2Coventry C.
Blackburn R.2-2Charlton
Bristol City0-2Preston NE
Derby County1-2Wrexham
Middlesbrough4-0Southampton
Millwall2-1Swansea City
Norwich City0-2Stoke City
QPR3-0Sheffield Wed.


Championship 2025-26
P W D L GD Pts
1. Coventry C. 26 15 7 4 +28 52
2. Middlesbrough 26 13 7 6 +11 46
3. Ipswich Town 25 12 8 5 +18 44
4. Preston NE 26 11 10 5 +11 43
5. Millwall 26 12 7 7 -4 43
6. Watford 25 11 8 6 +8 41
7. Hull City 25 12 5 8 +2 41
8. Stoke City 26 12 4 10 +9 40
9. WREXHAM 26 10 10 6 +6 40
10. Bristol City 26 11 6 9 +9 39
11. QPR 26 11 5 10 -1 38
12. Derby County 26 9 8 9 0 35
13. Birmingham 26 9 7 10 -1 34
14. Leicester City 25 9 7 9 -2 34
15. Southampton 26 8 9 9 0 33
16. Sheffield Utd 25 10 2 13 -2 32
17. Swansea City 26 9 5 12 -6 32
18. West Brom 25 9 4 12 -5 31
19. Charlton 25 7 8 10 -7 29
20. Blackburn R. 25 7 7 11 -6 28
21. Portsmouth 24 6 7 11 -14 25
22. Norwich City 26 6 6 14 -11 24
23. Oxford United 25 5 7 13 -10 22
24. Sheffield Wed. * 25 1 8 16 -33 -7

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for filing for administration on October 24th.

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 6 points on December 1st for multiple breaches of EFL regulations relating to payment obligations.