Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Derby County - Nottingham Forest!
Matches between these two teams are often called the East Midlands Derby or sometimes the A52 derby. The A52 is a major English road that connects the two cities Derby and Nottingham. Since 2007, whenever these two teams meet the winner has been awarded the Brian Clough Trophy, named after the famous manager who was successful at both clubs.
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.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Pride Park Stadium. 11 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 20 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as County has won five games in a row. The Queens Park Rangers match was the last time out without a victory. County has recorded two wins in a row here at Pride Park Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for County against Preston North End the last match, as Wayne Rooney were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Reading in a game that was won 2-1.
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.
County are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at West Bromwich Albion awaits in four days.
The County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 20 league matches. 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 14 from 20 matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 8-9-3 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Nottingham Forest, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Nottingham had fun at their own home (Pride Park Stadium) last time out, beating Bristol City 1-0. Tiago Silva scored. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Huddersfield Town.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nottingham Forest, six draws and six defeats.
A new game in only three days for Nottingham, the Championship home match versus Fulham. Busy days.
Nottingham find the net regularly in their away games. 29 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Nottingham Forest have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nottingham Forest - County 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County three wins, three draws and Nottingham Forest four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Grabban 19 goals |   M. Waghorn 12 goals |  T. Lawrence 10 goals |
Derby County missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Derby County | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 40 |
| 16 | 11 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 55 | 30 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | 53 |
| 52 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 98% | 95% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 95% |
| 80% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 68% |
| 52% | 35% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 42% |
| 25% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| 12% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 5% |
| 57% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 65% | 52% |
| 22% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 22% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 441 | 251 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 237 | 528 |
| 159 | 97 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 65 | 133 |
| 35% | 31% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | 40% |
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 27 | 75 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 40 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 67 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 29 | 74 |
| 3 | Brentford | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 37 | 69 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 67 |
| 5 | Fulham | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 67 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 40 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 57 | 51 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 6 | 61 |
| 7 | Derby County | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 52 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 3 | 60 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 40 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 57 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 57 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 50 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 56 |
| 11 | Millwall | 40 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 47 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 56 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 30 | -6 | 55 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 54 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 29 | -5 | 52 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 28 | -5 | 50 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 66 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -7 | 50 |
| 16 | Reading | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 49 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 63 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -12 | 49 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 54 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 31 | -8 | 46 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -14 | 45 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 39 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -11 | 44 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 50 | 61 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 35 | -11 | 43 |
| 22 | Hull City | 39 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -15 | 42 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 62 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 29 | -17 | 41 |
| 24 | Luton Town | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 46 | 73 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 45 | -27 | 40 |
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- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
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- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)