Match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Derby County receive Fleetwood Town

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Derby County reset their brains and bodies for this match after their 3-2 result against Oxford United, a game that gave some clarity. How will they do against Fleetwood Town?

Insights:
  • Derby County have the most points from losing position (20) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

W L D W L

Derby County form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Pride Park Stadium as Derby County have scored 37 goals to get 40 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the League One are 12-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Derby County tasted defeat here at Pride Park Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

It's back home for County, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oxford United away with the result 3-2. Sibley (2) found the net in that victory.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Plymouth Argyle.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Goals decide football matches and Derby County are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 18 league matches. From these home matches, Derby County have conceded only 14 goals.

D L L L W

Fleetwood Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Fleetwood have lost on their last two travels.

Fleetwood Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Port Vale (placed 14th) in their previous game. Defender Nsiala was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Nsiala won 7 of 10 duels.

A 0-2 defeat away at Wycombe Wanderers before that.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's last 11 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

The visiting Fleetwood Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Fleetwood in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head game ended Fleetwood Town - Derby County 0-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyD. McGoldrick
D. McGoldrick
16 goals
Derby CountyJ. Collins
J. Collins
9 goals
CountyN. Mendez-Laing
N. Mendez-Laing
7 goals

Derby County missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
18 12 3 Won W 1 5 10
10 4 2 Drew D 2 7 13
8 2 1 Lost L 3 6 13
59 37 10 Scored S 5 20 37
35 14 6 Conceded C 6 20 38
83% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 92%
72% 78% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 72% 67%
53% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 39%
31% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 8%
19% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 61% 56%
42% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 28%
25% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 25%
 
6 5.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.6
4.5 3.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.8 5.7
1.7 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.8 14.8 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.4 11.1
4.9 5.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 3
33% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 42% 34%
 
9.3 7.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13.9 13.1
3.1 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 the most points from losing position (20) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

Derby County:
England:
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 Sheffield Wednesday 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

More from England - League One

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.