Derby County will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Preston North End.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County have played 8 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Cardiff City game Derby County has been unbeatable here at Pride Park Stadium producing four straight wins.
Derby County lost their last game at Nottingham Forest (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Derby County won a home game hosting Middlesbrough (2-0).
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.
There will be little rest for Derby County after this match as they are travelling to Fulham for a Championship game in only three days.
Derby County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 attempts. Derby County have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Preston North End form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (31) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Preston North End won their last game, 3-1 versus Huddersfield Town played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Charlton Athletic with the score of 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston North End playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 2 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Hull City.
The attacking power of Preston North End when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Preston North End have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 3 - 0 (Derby County wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
D. Johnson
8 goals
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T. Lawrence
5 goals
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T. Barkhuizen
5 goals
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Derby County missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Derby County | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 31 |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 75% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 25% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 25% |
| 31% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Derby County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Preston North End 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Fulham | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Brentford | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Millwall | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Derby County | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 17 | Reading | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stoke City | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 9 |