Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Fulham welcomes Derby County

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 26.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Fulham have performed better than Derby County so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fulham and Derby County.

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Fulham form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Fulham at their home stadium (Craven Cottage) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Fulham's last game was hosting Queens Park Rangers (placed 12th) and winning 2-1. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Birmingham City.

Fulham goalkeeper Marek Rodák did an outstanding job against Queens Park Rangers with 7 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fulham as they are travelling to their away game against Swansea City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

The Fulham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Fulham have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

There's been little loot from Derby County's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Championship. Derby County only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Derby County's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Derby County won their last game, 1-0 versus Preston North End played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Nottingham Forest's place.

A new game in only four days for Derby County, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Derby County as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Derby County have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fulham 3 wins, 3 draws and Derby County 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
12 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
5 goals
Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
5 goals

Fulham missing players

Derby County missing players

Fulham Derby County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 8 17
8 5 2 Won W 0 1 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
4 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
26 17 8 Scored S 1 7 19
18 11 6 Conceded C 5 15 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 76%
47% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 41%
24% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 18%
12% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 47%
29% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
24% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 29%
 
6.5 8 7.2 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 3.4 4.6
4.1 3.9 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7.6 5.9
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.6
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
224 128 48 Total Shots T S 21 57 174
79 44 18 Shots on Target S O 8 25 65
33% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 28% 29%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Derby County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Derby County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
  • Fulham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 West Bromwich Albion 17 10 6 1 31 18 8 4 4 0 19 13 9 6 2 1 12 5 13 36
2 Leeds United 17 10 4 3 23 10 8 5 2 1 9 4 9 5 2 2 14 6 13 34
3 Preston North End 17 9 4 4 31 18 9 7 2 0 25 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 13 31
4 Fulham 17 8 5 4 26 18 9 5 2 2 17 11 8 3 3 2 9 7 8 29
5 Nottingham Forest 16 8 5 3 20 13 7 4 1 2 9 5 9 4 4 1 11 8 7 29
6 Swansea City 17 8 5 4 22 17 9 4 1 4 11 11 8 4 4 0 11 6 5 29
7 Bristol City 17 7 8 2 25 21 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 4 4 1 15 13 4 29
8 Brentford 17 8 3 6 22 13 8 3 3 2 9 6 9 5 0 4 13 7 9 27
9 Sheffield Wednesday 17 7 4 6 22 16 8 4 3 1 9 5 9 3 1 5 13 11 6 25
10 Millwall 17 6 6 5 20 22 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 1 4 4 8 15 -2 24
11 Derby County 17 6 6 5 19 21 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 1 3 4 7 15 -2 24
12 Queens Park Rangers 17 7 3 7 27 32 9 3 3 3 17 18 8 4 0 4 10 14 -5 24
13 Charlton Athletic 17 6 5 6 24 21 9 4 2 3 12 8 8 2 3 3 12 13 3 23
14 Hull City 17 6 5 6 25 23 9 3 2 4 12 13 8 3 3 2 13 10 2 23
15 Birmingham City 17 7 2 8 17 22 8 5 1 2 10 6 9 2 1 6 7 16 -5 23
16 Cardiff City 17 5 7 5 25 25 8 5 2 1 14 7 9 0 5 4 11 18 0 22
17 Blackburn Rovers 17 6 3 8 23 26 9 4 3 2 13 10 8 2 0 6 10 16 -3 21
18 Reading 16 5 3 8 19 21 8 4 0 4 12 12 8 1 3 4 7 9 -2 18
19 Huddersfield Town 17 4 5 8 19 25 9 2 3 4 9 11 8 2 2 4 10 14 -6 17
20 Wigan Athletic 17 4 3 10 14 26 8 4 1 3 8 9 9 0 2 7 6 17 -12 15
21 Middlesbrough 17 2 8 7 15 23 9 2 4 3 7 10 8 0 4 4 8 13 -8 14
22 Luton Town 17 4 2 11 23 32 8 2 2 4 12 14 9 2 0 7 11 18 -9 14
23 Stoke City 17 4 2 11 19 30 9 2 1 6 10 16 8 2 1 5 9 14 -11 14
24 Barnsley 17 1 6 10 18 36 9 1 4 4 12 19 8 0 2 6 6 17 -18 9

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.