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Championship Playoffs | Semi-Finals
May 8, 2014 at 7.45pm UK
 
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1-2

Lingard (18')
FT(HT: 1-2)
Martin (29' pen.), Kuszczak (45' og.)

Half-Time Report: Derby County lead Brighton & Hove Albion at the break

Derby County respond through a Chris Martin penalty to take a 2-1 lead in at half time against Brighton & Hove Albion in the first leg of their Championship playoff.

Derby County fought back from a goal down to take a 2-1 lead in at half time against Brighton & Hove Albion in the first leg of the Championship playoff this evening.

Jesse Lingard gave the home side the lead after 18 minutes when he poked home at the second attempt after Jake Buxton had done well to block his first strike inside the penalty area.

Brighton had the better of the opening half, but it was the Rams who struck on the counter-attack to level things up just before the half-hour mark.

Craig Forsyth embarked on a lengthy run at the heart of the Seagulls defence before Matthew Upson made a clumsy challenge to concede the penalty.

Chris Martin then kept his cool from 12 yards to level the tie up.

Leonardo Ulloa then went close 10 minutes before half time, but the South American couldn't get the direction on his header after rising highest from around eight yards out.

With the first half petering out Martin struck a fierce effort which bounced off the crossbar onto Thomas Kuszczak's back to give the Rams the lead.

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