National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derby County or Blackpool that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Derby County nor Blackpool 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
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.All-inclusive League One results playing at home this season for Derby County are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Derby County crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Wigan Athletic here at Pride Park Stadium. Midfielder Forsyth was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Forsyth scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Heartbreak before that as County lost 0-1 at Sheffield Wednesday's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Derby County have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Derby County as they are travelling to their away game against Burton Albion in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derby County at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Blackpool form and stats
Blackpool's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Blackpool are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Burton Albion. Which player has bagged at least one goal four games in a row for the away side? The answer is Lavery and that is solid stuff! Attacker Lavery got a player rating of 8.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Lavery scored two goals.
Prior to that result Blackpool won their away game at Norwich City in the Championship. The scoreline was 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Blackpool have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 22 games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats.
Blackpool have another match away from home in just four nights, a League One game versus Exeter City. A demanding programme for them!
Head 2 Head
Derby County have been victorious in every one of the 6 latest duels against this opponent. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  S. Lavery 2 goals |   C. Forsyth 1 goals |
Derby County missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Derby County | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 41% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barnsley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Blackpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Stevenage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Derby County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 23 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -5 |
