Faithful supporters at Pride Park Stadium haven’t watched many wins this season, with Derby County lying uncomfortably in the 24th position. The guesting Blackpool will try to shield their higher league spot in this match.
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Championship
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Derby County form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Derby County have to build on here at Pride Park Stadium in the Championship.
In their previous game, the manager W. Rooney led his County to a defeat in the Championship match away at Bristol City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Pride Park Stadium. Midfielder Max Bird was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Bird hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 68 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Queens Park Rangers (1-2).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 County as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Derby County has won two of these, drawn seven and lost five.
County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. County have conceded 11 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Blackpool form and stats
3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackpool in their Championship matches away.
The attacking players of Blackpool have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 274 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Luton Town with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Kenneth Dougall was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Dougall hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Birmingham City's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Blackpool in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Blackpool, three draws and two defeats.
The visiting Blackpool have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Blackpool have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Derby County wins - draws - Blackpool wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Lawrence 5 goals |   J. Yates 5 goals | S. Lavery 5 goals |
Derby County missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Derby County | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 20 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 76% | 80% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 57% | 70% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 10% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 52% | 70% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 48% |
| 33% | 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 38% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 33% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 28% | 38% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 43% | 32% |
| 12.9 | 12.9 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Swansea City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Hull City | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 20 | Reading | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 30 | -23 | 16 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
| 24 | Derby County | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 1 |