Derby County hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 22nd position in the Championship table. Visiting Cardiff City holds 15th place with 9 pts.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County have played three Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Game days at Pride Park Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for County as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
County shared the glory with Nottingham Forest in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Huddersfield Town (0-1).
The manager P. Cocu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Bournemouth in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Derby County means that they have only scored 0 goals in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. County are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City are happy with their away performances in the Championship so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
There were no winners in Cardiff City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Middlesbrough (placed 13th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting AFC Bournemouth.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Queens Park Rangers.
Cardiff have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Cardiff are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for County, three draws and three wins for Cardiff City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Derby County missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Derby County | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | 34 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 34 | 80 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 32% |
- Cardiff City have not yet lost a game away.
- Derby County has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Championship
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Derby County have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Derby County have lost all their home matches so far.
- Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Watford | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |
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