Season ticket holders at Pride Park Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Derby County languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Preston North End will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
- Preston North End has the most conceded goals (30) in Championship
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Derby County form and stats
Derby County's results here at Pride Park Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David Marshall not having conceded a league goal in 360 minutes.
A nice win for County last time playing, versus Swansea City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Kamil Jóźwiak and Colin Kazim-Richards scoring for the victors. Before that, County drew at home versus Stoke City.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won four, drawn eight and lost three.
County have scored 5 goals here in 10 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Derby County have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Preston North End form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Preston are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Preston North End won their last game, 1-0 versus Bristol City played at home. Prior to that match, the Preston North End manager A. Neil faced defeat when travelling to Barnsley and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Preston North End, four draws and six defeats.
After this away game Preston return home for a Championship game against Coventry City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Preston's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. Preston's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Derby County won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Preston North End has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineTop Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 7 goals |  T. Barkhuizen 4 goals |  B. Potts 3 goals |
Derby County missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Derby County | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 27 |
| 22 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 30 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 16% | 10% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 90% | 65% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 15% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 45% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 10.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 18% | 15% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | 37% |
- All of Preston North End's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Championship
- Derby County has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Championship
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Preston North End has the most conceded goals (30) in Championship
- Preston North End has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Championship
- Preston North End has the most scored goals (19) away in Championship
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
- 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 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
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