Derby County vs Portsmouth pre-match guide

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

High flying Portsmouth land at Derby County after their 3-1-result against Peterborough United. Check out our broad match preview!

Insights:
  • Derby County have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League One

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!

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Derby County form and stats

Three League One home games done for Derby County, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Derby County lost their last game at Bolton Wanderers (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Hourihane (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Hourihane scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Peterborough United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Derby County handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Lincoln City in only three days. This game is also played here at Pride Park Stadium.

County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth are still undefeated on their travels in the League One. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Impressive finishing from Poole, Kamara and Bishop secured the home win 3-1 against Peterborough United in their previous game. Attacker Bishop got a player rating of 8.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Bishop scored one goal and hit two key passes.

One game before, 1-1 at home vs Peterborough United (after extra-time, 4-6 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup. We have checked recent matches where Portsmouth have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portsmouth manager Mousinho as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Barnsley.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Portsmouth has managed {4 goals} and let in 0 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous nine meetings between these squads: Derby County won three, Portsmouth triumphed in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CountyM. Waghorn
M. Waghorn
5 goals
PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
3 goals
Derby CountyC. Hourihane
C. Hourihane
2 goals

Derby County missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Derby County Portsmouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 2 6
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
11 3 1 Scored S 4 4 9
8 4 2 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 67%
83% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
83% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
8.3 11 15 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 7.3
6.3 5.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 5
2.7 3.3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.7 14.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.5 15.2
3.8 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 5
48% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 67% 30%
 
12.8 9.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.5 11.7
3.7 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Derby County have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Derby County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in League One
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League One
  • Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in League One
  • Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Stevenage 7 4 2 1 10 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 14
2 Bolton Wanderers 6 4 1 1 12 7 4 3 0 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 13
3 Exeter City 7 4 1 2 9 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 0 1 6 1 5 13
4 Port Vale 6 4 1 1 7 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 10 -3 13
5 Portsmouth 6 3 3 0 9 2 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 7 12
6 Cambridge United 6 4 0 2 8 4 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 12
7 Oxford United 6 4 0 2 9 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 12
8 Lincoln City 6 3 2 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 11
9 Barnsley 6 3 1 2 14 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 10
10 Wycombe Wanderers 6 3 1 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 -3 10
11 Derby County 6 3 0 3 11 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 8 4 3 9
12 Blackpool 6 2 3 1 4 4 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 9
13 Peterborough United 6 3 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 -1 9
14 Shrewsbury Town 6 3 0 3 4 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 -2 9
15 Northampton Town 6 2 1 3 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 7
16 Leyton Orient 7 2 1 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 2 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 -6 7
17 Charlton Athletic 6 2 0 4 7 9 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 6
18 Bristol Rovers 6 1 3 2 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 6
19 Carlisle United 7 1 3 3 6 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 6
20 Reading 6 2 0 4 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 -1 5
21 Wigan Athletic 6 3 1 2 10 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 2
22 Burton Albion 6 0 2 4 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -7 2
23 Fleetwood Town 6 0 1 5 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 1
24 Cheltenham Town 6 0 1 5 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 -8 1

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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.