Betting preview: Derby County vs Preston North End should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Derby County want to sell many tickets for this match despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 25 points and a 24th place in the Championship table. Opponents Preston North End hold 14th place with 51 pts.

Insights:
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Championship

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Derby County form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Derby County at their home stadium (Pride Park Stadium) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Derby County, who played 1-1 against Coventry City. That match was also played at this venue (Pride Park Stadium). The attacking player Ebiowei was announced as "man of the match" for County with the rating of 8.05/10. Ebiowei hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 9 of 12 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Heartbreak before that as Derby County lost 1-3 at Blackburn Rovers's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn seven and lost five.

Derby County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 19 games. From these home matches, Derby County have conceded only 17 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

The attacking players of Preston have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 181 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Preston North End, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Luton Town (placed 3rd).

Before that, Preston travelled to Cardiff City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Preston North End, five draws and eight defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Preston are hosting Blackpool in the Championship only three days away.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Derby County and Preston North End have met earlier this season: Preston North End - Derby County 0-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): County won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Preston North End have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
13 goals
Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
10 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
5 goals

Derby County missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 6 20 38
11 9 3 Won W 2 6 12
13 7 3 Drew D 3 6 15
15 3 1 Lost L 1 8 11
38 26 7 Scored S 3 16 40
45 17 5 Conceded C 2 23 44
87% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 82%
64% 68% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 17% 55% 66%
38% 42% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 40% 45%
18% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 21%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
51% 58% 57% BTTS BTTS 17% 35% 53%
31% 42% 43% Clean Sheets C S 83% 35% 32%
31% 11% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 34%
 
4.4 4.5 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 4.7
4.9 4.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.8
2 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.7 10.8 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.6 10.4
2.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.4 3.1
36% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 34% 34%
 
12.1 11.8 12.9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.1 11.5
3.9 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.