Can Derby County beat Blackburn Rovers in Pride Park Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Derby County will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Blackburn Rovers.

The hosts Derby County saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the FA Cup. This match was also played here at Pride Park Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Blackburn Rovers have had more rest.

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Derby County form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Derby County are 9-7-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Derby County.

The Derby County crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Manchester United here at Pride Park Stadium in a FA Cup match. Before that match, a Championship win away at Sheffield Wednesday.

This is expected to be a close game, with Derby County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Derby County as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Derby County has won four of these, drawn seven and lost one.

The Derby County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 18 matches. Derby County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pride Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 18 matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Blackburn Rovers have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Championship this season. The last three matches for Blackburn Rovers have all ended in a draw.

Blackburn Rovers played 2-2 against Swansea City in their previous match. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Stoke City.

As mentioned above, Blackburn Rovers drew the match against Swansea City. Manager T. Mowbray brought on Bradley Johnson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Blackburn Rovers, two draws and seven defeats.

Blackburn Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 17 games. In the opposite end, Blackburn Rovers have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Blackburn Rovers - Derby County 1-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Derby County won three, Blackburn Rovers won four and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Derby County
M. Waghorn
12 goals
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
11 goals
Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
9 goals

Derby County missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 17 36
12 9 1 Won W 2 6 14
12 7 4 Drew D 1 3 11
12 2 0 Lost L 2 8 11
46 25 6 Scored S 10 28 52
49 13 5 Conceded C 7 26 42
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
81% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 75%
50% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 50%
25% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 25%
11% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 17%
58% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 58%
19% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 33%
25% 11% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 17%
 
4.7 5.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 5
6.2 5.2 7.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.4 4.5
1.9 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
388 220 53 Total Shots T S 50 148 390
133 79 17 Shots on Target S O 18 58 138
35% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 48% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Derby County have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
13 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
14 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

Derby County:
Blackburn Rovers:
Championship:
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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
13 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
14 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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