Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Derby County welcomes Bolton Wanderers

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Derby County supporters in this Pride Park Stadium clash with Bolton Wanderers, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

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.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have collected 37 points from their home games so far after 10-7-3.

Derby County lost their last game at Blackburn Rovers after a 0-2 scoreline. 3-3 away at Brentford before that.

The Derby County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 20 matches. Derby County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pride Park Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 20 matches.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Championship, have only collected 16 points from their away games after 4-4-12 (20 played).

The manager P. Parkinson was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Pride Park Stadium. Bolton Wanderers suffered a 0-2 loss to Middlesbrough. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Ipswich Town.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bolton Wanderers as they have only managed to score 16 times from 20 away games. Bolton Wanderers have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bolton Wanderers - Derby County 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Derby County won 5, Bolton Wanderers won 1 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

H. Wilson
12 goals / 2 assists
J. Marriott
7 goals / 4 assists
M. Waghorn
7 goals / 2 assists

Derby County missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Derby County Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 41
55 31 Scored 16 29
50 19 Conceded 36 68
90% 85% Over 0.5 95% 95%
78% 80% Over 1.5 75% 71%
48% 45% Over 2.5 40% 41%
22% 20% Over 3.5 20% 15%
12% 10% Over 4.5 15% 7%
60% 60% Both teams to score 45% 41%
20% 30% Clean Sheet 15% 15%
30% 25% Failed To Score 45% 49%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Leeds United 41 24 7 10 68 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 79
3 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
4 West Bromwich Albion 41 20 10 11 77 55 20 9 7 4 44 27 21 11 3 7 33 28 22 70
5 Bristol City 40 18 11 11 54 44 21 8 7 6 27 23 19 10 4 5 27 21 10 65
6 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
7 Middlesbrough 41 16 13 12 43 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 7 61
8 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 50 20 10 7 3 31 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 5 60
9 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 14 12 52 54 21 9 8 4 31 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -2 59
10 Nottingham Forest 41 14 15 12 55 50 20 11 4 5 29 19 21 3 11 7 26 31 5 57
11 Preston North End 41 15 12 14 59 55 21 7 9 5 34 27 20 8 3 9 25 28 4 57
12 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 8 16 55 50 20 11 4 5 35 22 20 5 4 11 20 28 5 56
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 41 11 18 12 39 45 20 8 6 6 20 18 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 41 13 11 17 55 63 21 9 6 6 28 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 41 8 8 25 29 68 21 4 4 13 13 32 20 4 4 12 16 36 -39 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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