The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with AFC Bournemouth leading Derby County by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AFC Bournemouth and Derby County.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for AFC Bournemouth at their home stadium (Vitality Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
AFC Bournemouth's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Bristol City (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Watford that finished 1-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Tindall when Arnaut Danjuma scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier AFC Bournemouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and one defeat (from four games).
There will be little rest for Bournemouth after this match as they are travelling to Sheffield Wednesday for a Championship game in only three days.
The Bournemouth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively AFC Bournemouth have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derby County form and stats
Playing away, Derby County have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season.
County's last game was the home draw against Cardiff City (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Nottingham Forest.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of County when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning three games.
A new game in only four days for County, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.
The attacking power of Derby County when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by County in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for AFC Bournemouth, one draw and three wins for Derby County. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Groeneveld 3 goals |  D. Gosling 2 goals |  J. Lerma Solís 2 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Derby County missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | 43 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 48 | 96 |
| 36 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 17% |
- AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Millwall | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Watford | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Derby County | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | -4 |
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