League One: High-profile against below par, at least that's what the standings say. Derby County - Cheltenham Town. Home victory or a shock?
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (25) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Derby County nor Cheltenham Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derby County form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Pride Park Stadium as Derby County have scored 33 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the League One are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Derby County fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Pride Park Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Derby County has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Warne led his County to a defeat away at Barnsley. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Pride Park Stadium. The forward McGoldrick was announced as "man of the match" for Derby County with the rating of 7.21/10. McGoldrick scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Charlton Athletic.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shrewsbury Town are coming to town in four days.
Derby County can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 33 times. County have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
Cheltenham Town have only collected 15 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-3-10 (17 played).
The attacking players of Cheltenham Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 191 minutes.
Cheltenham lost away at Portsmouth (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Cheltenham Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Rea was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.03. The defender Rea hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that match, 1-1 away against Plymouth Argyle (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just four days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 24 goals have been conceded by Cheltenham in these games.
Head 2 Head
Derby County and Cheltenham Town have played each other already this season: Cheltenham Town - Derby County 2-3.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGoldrick 14 goals |  J. Collins 9 goals |   A. May 9 goals |
Derby County missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Derby County | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 16 | 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 51 | 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 29 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | 44 |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 47% | 50% |
| 50% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 41% | 41% |
| 28% | 31% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| 19% | 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 6% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 35% | 34% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | 34% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 47% | 44% |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 14.8 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.7 | 10.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 37% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 28% |
| 9.4 | 8.2 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 14.9 | 13.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (25) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Derby County have scored more than double the goals of Cheltenham Town.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 37 | 71 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 68 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 61 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 63 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 62 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 59 |
| 6 | Derby County | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 57 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 53 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 51 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 31 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 50 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 42 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 42 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -8 | 41 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 40 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 31 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 40 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -15 | 40 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 35 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -19 | 33 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -20 | 31 |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 31 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 29 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | -28 | 29 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | -38 | 23 |
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