This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Derby County holding 22nd place and Queens Park Rangers lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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
The story so far in the Championship for Derby County, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Championship, at their home stadium (Pride Park Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The last three games played by County, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
County drew their last game, 1-1 away at AFC Bournemouth (placed 3rd). In the match before that, County hosted Cardiff City and drew the game 1-1.
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 14 games. County has won four of these, drawn eight and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Barnsley are coming to town in three days.
County have scored 1 goal here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Derby County are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queens Park Rangers have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far.
The supporters enjoyed QPR's previous game versus Cardiff City (placed 17th), a Championship 3-2 win played at home. Prior to that match, the QPR manager M. Warburton faced defeat when travelling to Barnsley and losing 0-3.
Dominic Ball came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Cardiff City last time out, making the manager M. Warburton feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Dominic Ball scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Cardiff City.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for QPR, three draws and six defeats.
QPR has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Blackburn Rovers in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as QPR have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Derby County wins - draws - Queens Park Rangers wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Derby County missing players
Queens Park Rangers missing players
| Derby County | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | 48 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 36 | 89 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 19% | 9% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 32% |
- 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 keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County have yet to win a game at home.
- Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queens Park Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queens Park Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Derby County have scored home.
- Queens Park Rangers have yet to win a 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 | Reading | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Watford | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Millwall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Brentford | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Derby County | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | -4 |
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