Delightful dogfight as daring Leeds United duels with determined Derby County

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (40204 seats)

Leeds United and Derby County are both riding high in the Championship with their 3rd and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It's no vacation for neither Leeds United nor Derby County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United are steadily winning games and points here at Elland Road. 14 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats is the summary from 23 games.

Happy days for Leeds United in their previous game, a Championship match away at Derby County that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Leeds United lost 2-3 at Ipswich Town's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leeds United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The Leeds United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 38 goals in 23 matches. From these home matches, Leeds United have conceded only 21 goals.

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Derby County form and stats

7 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Derby County playing as the away team this season.

The manager F. Lampard was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Elland Road. Derby County suffered a 0-1 loss to Leeds United. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against West Bromwich Albion.

Derby County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Derby County are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 29 away goals from 23 games. Derby County have conceded 34 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Leeds United and Derby County have met before this season: Derby County - Leeds United 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 2 - 3 (Leeds United wins - draws - Derby County wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Roofe
15 goals / 1 assists
H. Wilson
15 goals / 3 assists
Pablo Hernández
12 goals / 11 assists

Leeds United missing players

Derby County missing players

Leeds United Derby County
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played 6 23 47
26 14 2 Won 3 7 20
8 4 2 Drew 1 7 14
13 5 2 Lost 2 9 13
74 38 8 Scored 12 29 69
50 21 5 Conceded 12 34 55
98% 96% 83% Over 0.5 100% 96% 91%
77% 83% 67% Over 1.5 100% 78% 79%
49% 48% 33% Over 2.5 67% 48% 47%
23% 22% 33% Over 3.5 67% 26% 26%
15% 9% 0% Over 4.5 33% 13% 11%
53% 52% 33% BTTS 67% 61% 57%
36% 39% 50% Clean Sheets 17% 13% 23%
13% 13% 33% Failed To Score 17% 30% 28%
 
6.7 6.5 5.5 Corners For (avg) 3.7 5.2 5
3.6 3.1 5 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 5.6 5
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2.7 2.1
4 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Leeds United
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
09-04-19 CH Preston North End 0 - 2 Leeds United
13-04-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
19-04-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 2 Wigan Athletic
22-04-19 CH Brentford 2 - 0 Leeds United
28-04-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 1 Aston Villa
05-05-19 CH Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Leeds United
11-05-19 CH Derby County 0 - 1 Leeds United
15-05-19 CH Leeds United 18:45 Derby County
17-07-19 CF Manchester United - Leeds United
19-07-19 CF Western Sydney Wanderers - Leeds United
Derby County
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 CH Brentford 3 - 3 Derby County
09-04-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Derby County
13-04-19 CH Derby County 4 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
19-04-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 2 Derby County
22-04-19 CH Derby County 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
27-04-19 CH Bristol City 0 - 2 Derby County
01-05-19 CH Swansea City 1 - 1 Derby County
05-05-19 CH Derby County 3 - 1 West Bromwich Albion
11-05-19 CH Derby County 0 - 1 Leeds United
15-05-19 CH Leeds United 18:45 Derby County

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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