Derby County hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 18th position in the Championship table. Visiting Nottingham Forest holds 15th place with 39 pts.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
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
When playing at home in the Championship, Derby County have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games. Ever since the Rotherham United game County has been unbeatable here at Pride Park Stadium producing four straight wins.
Prior to that, an away loss at Watford.
This is expected to be a close game, with 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 14 games. Derby County has won four of these, drawn six and lost four.
There will be little rest for County after this match as they are travelling to Cardiff City for a Championship game in only four days.
County have scored 11 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 5-3-8 so far.
183 minutes! That's how long the Nottingham goalkeeper Brice Samba and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Blackburn Rovers.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were six Nottingham Forest wins, nine draws and eight defeats.
After this away game Nottingham return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by Nottingham in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Nottingham Forest - County 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two County victories, five draws and three Nottingham Forest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kazim-Richards 6 goals |   L. Taylor 4 goals |  M. Waghorn 3 goals |
Derby County missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Derby County | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 32 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 94% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 55% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 62% |
| 26% | 12% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 19% | 25% |
| 6% | 6% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 31% | 38% |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 34% |
| 45% | 50% | 83% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.4 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.9 | 11.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 26% | 21% | 5% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | 28% |
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 67 |
| 2 | Brentford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Watford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Reading | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 51 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 45 |
| 11 | Millwall | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 43 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 39 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 39 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 39 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 17 | Luton Town | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Derby County | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 37 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -9 | 36 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -17 | 31 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -11 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -28 | 23 |
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