Derby v Leeds United: FA Cup third round – liveNEWS | 11 January 20261m ago 08.05 EST 47 min: Leeds get the first corner of the second half and Harrison’s delivery evades everyone. Bijol was closest to getting his head to it. Share
3m ago 08.04 EST SECOND HALF STARTS We are back under way. Derby have replaced Fraulo with Adams at the break. Leeds have brought on Justin for Bornauw. Share
15m ago 07.51 EST Tim wrote in earlier: “The first game I ever went to was Derby v Leeds at the Baseball Ground. I was about 5 so would have been 1970. My friend’s Dad, who took us, was a massive Derby fan who ended up running off with a speech therapist. I doubt this had anything to do with his support of Derby but I couldn’t really trust them after that and have been a Leeds fans ever since. Hope we win today but priority has to be avoiding relegation, which thankfully we’re on our way to doing.” Share
19m ago 07.47 EST HALF-TIME: Derby 1-0 Leeds Derby lead at the break! Ben Brereton Diaz caught Leeds cold moments after Jacob Widell Zetterstrom had saved Joel Piroe’s penalty. Piroe has also struck the post for the visitors, who have had plenty of chances but look vulnerable at the back. Share Updated at 07.49 EST
20m ago 07.46 EST 45 min: Gnonto tries to find Tanaka in the box but his pass is overhit. One minute added. Share
21m ago 07.45 EST 44 min: Zetterstrom saves! Okafor tees the ball back for Piroe, who shifts it on to his left and hits a shot that deflects off Fraulo. Zetterstrom is there to parry the ball away at his near post. Okafor’s follow-up is saved too but he was offside. Share
22m ago 07.44 EST 43 min: Gnonto keeps Zetterstrom on his toes with a fizzing shot from distance that the Derby keeper pats down in front of him. Share
23m ago 07.43 EST 42 min: Forsyth chucks a long throw into the box for Derby, Batth wins the flick-on but Darlow gathers. Big cheers as Piroe’s crossfield ball flies over Okafor’s head and out for a throw. Share
25m ago 07.41 EST 40 min: Buoyed by their goal, Derby are crunching into a few tackles higher up the pitch. They sense they can get more joy against this very attack-minded Leeds team. Okafor sends a teasing ball into the Derby cross but Bornauw can’t get on the end of it and it drifts wide of the far post. Share
27m ago 07.39 EST 38 min: Having hit the post, had a penalty saved and now fallen behind, Leeds try to wrestle the game back in their favour. Tanaka hits a low drive from the edge of the box but it’s just wide of the near post. Share
29m ago 07.37 EST GOAL! Derby 1-0 Leeds (Brereton Diaz 35) What a couple of minutes! After the penalty save, Derby head down the other end. Blackett-Taylor goes down under Gnonto’s challenge in the box and there are shouts for a penalty. Before the referee makes a decision, the ball springs loose to Brereton Diaz and he hits a low shot across Darlow and into the far corner! View image in fullscreen Ben Brereton Díaz puts Derby in front! Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images Share Updated at 07.42 EST
32m ago 07.35 EST PENALTY SAVED! Zetterstrom redeems himself! Piroe goes low and left – a perfect height for the Derby keeper and gets his right hand to it! View image in fullscreen It’s a fine save from Widell Zetterstrom to deny Joel Piroe! Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images/Reuters Share Updated at 07.39 EST
33m ago 07.34 EST PENALTY TO LEEDS Piroe and Nmecha combine on the edge of the Derby box, Nmecha beats Zetterstrom to the ball and goes down. There’s contact but Nmecha knew what he was doing. Piroe will take … View image in fullscreen Penalty to Leeds! Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters Share Updated at 07.38 EST
34m ago 07.32 EST 31 min: Zetterstrom saves! Okafor cuts inside on his right and hits a bobbling low shot that the Derby keeper parries away. Gruev tries his luck from the edge of the box but Zetterstrom gathers that. Share
35m ago 07.31 EST 30 min: Leeds hit the post! Tanaka plays Nmecha through but Batth gets across to make the tackle. Piroe runs on to the loose ball and smashes it off the near post! Share
37m ago 07.29 EST 28 min: Leeds work the ball over to the right and Gnonto is knocked over by Travis, the Derby captain making his first start since October after injury. Harrison cuts across the delivery from the free-kick and it’s easy for Derby to clear. Share
40m ago 07.27 EST 26 min: Nmecha shows some quick feet on the edge of the Derby box, opens his body up and curls a shot over the bar. Looked great … until the finish. Share
41m ago 07.25 EST 24 min: Blackett-Taylor is looking dangerous for Derby. He tries his luck again, a bit closer in this time, and his shot is blocked before it can trouble Darlow. Share
42m ago 07.25 EST 23 min: Salvesen is getting through a fair bit of work up front for Derby. He tries to win a corner off Bijol by the flag but the Leeds defender manages to clear. Nmecha then slips during a promising breakaway. Share
44m ago 07.22 EST 21 min: Clark shows a flash of quality, nutmegging Tanaka out wide before getting bumped to the floor a bit further infield. Forsyth sends the free-kick to the back post and Batth heads wide. A decent chance. Share
46m ago 07.20 EST 19 min: Debutant Fraulo goes into the book for Derby after a foul in midfield. He bashes the ball into the ground in frustration and that’s what gets him the yellow. Share
48m ago 07.18 EST 17 min: It’s been a bit flat so far. A midday kick-off has certainly not contributed to creating an atmosphere. There’s a bit of home excitement as a ball is played over the top to Brereton Diaz but his volley is neither shot nor pass and Darlow gathers. View image in fullscreen Danny Batth heads the ball under pressure from Sebastiaan Bornauw. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Share Updated at 07.33 EST
50m ago 07.16 EST 15 min: Ward’s corner goes over everyone and drifts out for a goal-kick. Share
51m ago 07.15 EST 14 min: Blackett-Taylor is getting some joy down Derby’s left. He has a shot across goal that is blocked by Bornauw out for a corner. Share
52m ago 07.14 EST “I’m a little disappointed you didn’t make an Ao, let’s go Ramones joke at kick off,” writes Phil. “Or maybe I’m just a sad old man making dad jokes...." Gah, what an opportunity. Share
54m ago 07.12 EST 11 min: Nmecha drives down the Leeds right. A stepover or two later and he forces a corner off Batth. Harrison’s whipped delivery is headed away by Langas. Share
1h ago 07.10 EST 9 min: Gnonto should do better. The Italian chases a long ball down-field but his pass to Nmecha is behind the target. Okafor follows up but his shot is high and wide. Share
1h ago 07.09 EST 8 min: Tanaka bumps into Brereton Diaz in midfield and is penalised. The Leeds man falls awkwardly on his hand and gives it a little shake to demonstrate this but he’s all right. Share
1h ago 07.07 EST 6 min: “No Piroe, no party” the travelling supporters chant, reviving a regular tune from last season. He’s playing in a deeper role behind Okafor and Nmecha, with Gnonto at right wing-back and Harrison on the left. Blackett-Taylor forces a corner for Derby but Leeds deal with Ward’s delivery. View image in fullscreen It’s party time as Joel Piroe takes on Derby County’s Bobby Clark. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters Share Updated at 07.15 EST
1h ago 07.05 EST 4 min: Leeds come again down the left and Okafor’s cross is blocked out for a corner by Ward. Tanaka takes but Ward heads away at the near post. Share
1h ago 07.03 EST 2 min: Leeds’ first foray into the Derby box comes up short as Langas comes across and clears his lines. Share
1h ago 07.01 EST KICK-OFF Ao Tanaka gets the ball rolling for Leeds, who are in blue. Share
1h ago 06.58 EST The teams are heading out at Pride Park. Robbie Savage, working as a pundit pitchside, has been doing some keepy-uppies with a ball boy. Anthony Taylor is in charge for this one. The scene is set: kick-off is next. Share
1h ago 06.56 EST Oscar Fraulo makes his debut for Derby this lunchtime having signed on a deal until 2029 from Borussia Mönchengladbach last week. The midfielder played for Denmark at the Under-21 Euros last summer and scored his first Bundesliga goal in November. Track the latest deals this January using our transfer interactive: Men’s transfer window January 2026: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues Read more Share Updated at 06.57 EST
1h ago 06.47 EST Karl Darlow gets the nod in goal for Leeds today but there is still no place for Illan Meslier in the matchday squad – he’s not been involved on the bench since November. Leeds’ first-choice keeper, Lucas Perri, came under fire in midweek for his performance against Newcastle, particularly for his failure to keep out Harvey Barnes’s late winner. Daniel Farke didn’t exactly rush to Perri’s defence at full time: I can’t lie, I can’t say how he was man of the match and there were unbelievable saves. Of course, you need also sometimes in a crucial moment a proper save from your goalkeeper. Of course, today it was definitely a situation where you should save the ball. I can’t lie and pretend any other, that it would be a different scenario because otherwise you wouldn’t believe me any more. I name it how I see it and at this moment, certainly I can’t protect him from the criticism that he should have saved it. Share
1h ago 06.41 EST Form guide Derby’s last six: WDDLWL
Position: 13th in Championship
Top scorer: Carlton Morris (10 goals) Derby are still without Carlton Morris, who hasn’t played since November because of a knee injury. Leeds’ last six: DWDDDL
Position: 16th in Premier League
Top scorer: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (9 goals) Dominic Calvert-Lewin starts this one on the bench for Leeds. Their starting strikers – Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha – have four goals between them this season. Share
2h ago 06.18 EST I’ve had a guess at a Leeds formation but they’ve got so many attacking players in their team that we’ll have to wait until kick-off to be sure. There are two attack-minded wingers (Gnonto and Harrison) and another three forwards (Okafor, Nmecha and Piroe), with no recognised full-backs in the XI. Share
2h ago 06.12 EST Starting lineups The teams are in from Pride Park: Derby (4-4-1-1): Zetterström; Ward, Langås, Batth, Forsyth; Brereton Díaz, Travis, Fraulo, Blackett-Taylor; Clark; Salvesen
Subs: O’Donnell, Agyemang, Brewster, Weimann, Ozoh, Elder, Adams, Nelson, Eames. Leeds (3-4-3): Darlow; Bornauw, Bijol, Ampadu; Gnonto, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison; Okafor, Piroe, Nmecha.
Subs: Perri, Byram, Justin, Struijk, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Chambers, Calvert-Lewin. ShareAuthor: Billy Munday. Source
