Derby County vs Bristol City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

It's early days in the Championship and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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 1 point from their home games so far after 0-1-0.

Derby County drew their last game, 2-2 away at Stoke City. A strong away win before that one, visiting Scunthorpe United and winning 1-0.

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 eleven games. Derby County has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Bromwich Albion are coming to town in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Derby County at home. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bristol City form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 11 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Bristol City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Bristol City's previous game versus Queens Park Rangers, a Championship 2-0 win played at home. A 3-3 draw at Queens Park Rangers's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bristol City playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 5 Bristol City wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Hull City.

It's early days yet, but Bristol City has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Derby County victories, 4 draws and 1 Bristol City win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Lawrence
2 goals
M. Waghorn
2 goals / 1 assists
A. Weimann
1 goals / 1 assists

Derby County missing players

Bristol City missing players

Derby County Bristol City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
4 0 0 Scored 0 1 4
3 0 0 Conceded 0 1 4
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 8 5
7 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5.7
1.7 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Derby County Last season Bristol City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
49 24 8 Played 7 23 46
21 13 2 Won 2 11 19
14 7 3 Drew 1 5 13
14 4 3 Lost 4 7 14
74 40 9 Scored 10 31 59
59 21 13 Conceded 14 27 53
92% 88% 100% Over 0.5 100% 96% 98%
80% 79% 88% Over 1.5 86% 65% 70%
49% 46% 50% Over 2.5 57% 39% 37%
27% 25% 25% Over 3.5 43% 26% 22%
12% 8% 12% Over 4.5 43% 22% 15%
59% 54% 75% BTTS 71% 48% 54%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 14% 39% 28%
27% 25% 25% Failed To Score 14% 17% 20%
 
5 4.9 4.4 Corners For (avg) 4.9 4.7 5.4
4.9 4.4 5.6 Corners Against (avg) 7.1 5.4 5
2.2 1.6 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.1 2.4 1.8
2 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Derby County
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
28-07-19 CF Rangers 1 - 0 Derby County
05-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Derby County
10-08-19 CH Derby County 0 - 0 Swansea City
13-08-19 CC Scunthorpe United 0 - 1 Derby County
17-08-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 2 Derby County
20-08-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Bristol City
24-08-19 CH Derby County 11:30 West Bromwich Albion
27-08-19 CC Nottingham Forest 18:45 Derby County
31-08-19 CH Brentford 14:00 Derby County
13-09-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Cardiff City
Bristol City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Bristol City 0 - 5 Crystal Palace
04-08-19 CH Bristol City 1 - 3 Leeds United
10-08-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 1 Bristol City
13-08-19 CC Queens Park Rangers 3 - 3 Bristol City
17-08-19 CH Bristol City 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
20-08-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Bristol City
24-08-19 CH Hull City 14:00 Bristol City
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 11:30 Middlesbrough
14-09-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Bristol City
21-09-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Swansea City

  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 Leeds United 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
2 Charlton Athletic 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
3 Swansea City 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 West Bromwich Albion 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
5 Millwall 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 6
7 Fulham 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 Derby County 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
9 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
10 Bristol City 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Hull City 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Brentford 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
13 Barnsley 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
14 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Birmingham City 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
16 Preston North End 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 3
17 Reading 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
18 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
19 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
20 Wigan Athletic 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 3
21 Luton Town 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
23 Middlesbrough 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
24 Stoke City 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
Last season 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 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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