Aug 26, 2016 at 7.45pm UK at ​Pirelli Stadium
Burton Albion
1-0
DerbyDerby County
Irvine (12')
Turner (89')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Bryson (79')

Result: Jackson Irvine heads Burton Albion to famous victory over Derby County

Nigel Clough, then managing Derby County, looks on during a Championship match on March 16, 2013
© Getty Images
Jackson Irvine's header 12 minutes in earns Burton Albion a 1-0 win over Derby County in the first-ever competitive meeting between the local rivals.

Burton Albion have pulled off arguably the biggest victory in their league history by seeing off local rivals Derby County 1-0 at the Pirelli Stadium.

The Brewers took the lead early on through a swooping Jackson Irvine header and never looked like relinquishing their advantage against an abject County side.

In what was the first ever meeting between the two teams, who are separated by just 12 miles, it was Albion who proved to be the more composed and they were left celebrating at full time in front of a record home crowd of 6,747.

The first chance of the match fell the way of Lloyd Dyer, who profited from Chris O'Grady's closing down on Cyrus Christie to blast a shot on goal for Scott Carson to push aside.

Burton's breakthrough arrived just two minutes later when a fine Lucas Akins cross from the right was met perfectly by Irvine for his third headed goal in the same number of league games.

Derby did marginally improve following a slow start to the match, with their first shot arriving 26 minutes in through a long-range Jacob Butterfield drive, which Jon McLaughlin routinely kept out down the middle.

O'Grady did well shortly after the half-hour mark to turn on the edge of the box and get a shot away despite losing his balance, but his effort lacked the power required to truly trouble Carson.

Chris Martin was an isolated figure for the majority of the first half, although the Derby forward did muster a shot shortly before the interval after working a yard of space but failed to beat Akins in front of the opposition goal.

County boss Nigel Pearson was clearly unhappy with what he had seen, turning to Abdoul Camara at the break and introducing his other two subs in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

Camara almost made a big difference early into his appearance from the bench, as he cut inside from the right and fired away a shot that McLaughlin again hardly broke a sweat to keep out.

The Guinea international was proving to be County's best bet of finding a leveller, once more going direct and working a yard of space to test McLaughlin with another on-target strike.

Clear-cut chances just did not materialise for the visitors, though, and it was Nigel Clough - shown the exit by Derby after four years at the helm in 2013 - who got one over on his former suitors as the referee blew for full time.

Craig Forsyth for Derby County on December 30, 2014
Read Next:
Forsyth to undergo surgery on ACL injury
>

Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Newcastle UnitedNewcastle1391327111628
2Norwich CityNorwich138322618827
3Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton13742179825
4Huddersfield TownHuddersfield138141512325
5Birmingham CityBirmingham136521914523
6Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds136341515021
7Bristol City136252015520
8Brentford135441912719
9Queens Park RangersQPR135441618-219
10Reading135441418-419
11Fulham134631617-118
12Ipswich TownIpswich13454109117
13Preston North EndPreston135261717017
14Leeds UnitedLeeds135261315-217
15Barnsley135172322116
16Wolverhampton WanderersWolves134451616016
17Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest134362325-215
18Aston Villa132831314-114
19Burton Albion133551618-214
20Derby CountyDerby13355710-314
21Blackburn RoversBlackburn133371421-712
22Cardiff CityCardiff133371121-1012
23Wigan AthleticWigan132561315-211
24Rotherham UnitedRotherham131391432-186