Struggling Derby County will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying AFC Bournemouth in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (14) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+18) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Derby County form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Derby County, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Championship, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Pride Park Stadium. The County manager W. Rooney might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for County's attacking players as they have now played 193 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Knight was their last goal scorer.
The County crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Rotherham United here at Pride Park Stadium in a Championship match. Heartbreak before that as County lost 0-2 at Chorley's place.
County are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Queens Park Rangers awaits in four days.
County has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 5 goals from 12 games. On the other hand, County have conceded 15 goals.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
4-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AFC Bournemouth, who have the the best goal difference (+18) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.
AFC Bournemouth failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Luton Town (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A draw for AFC Bournemouth before that, at their own venue hosting Millwall (1-1).
A quick return to home after this game, as Bournemouth are hosting Crawley Town in the FA Cup only four days away.
AFC Bournemouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bournemouth are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result AFC Bournemouth - Derby County 1-1 entered in the official records. Last five meetings between the teams: Derby County won three, AFC Bournemouth won zero and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Solanke 10 goals |  J. Stanislas 7 goals |  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |
Derby County missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
| Derby County | AFC Bournemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 91% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 52% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 38% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 50% |
| 26% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 57% | 67% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 13.4 | 12.7 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 20% | 14% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 37% |
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+18) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
- Derby County has the fewest points (7) at home in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (14) in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Norwich City | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Watford | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 40 |
| 6 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 31 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
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