An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Queens Park Rangers and Derby County experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 21st place.
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
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 Queens Park Rangers and Derby County.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Queens Park Rangers have to build on here at Champion Hill Stadium in the Championship.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Queens Park Rangers, as their goalkeeper Timothy Dieng has completely shut out the opponents for 196 minutes in the Championship.
Happy days for QPR in their previous game, a Championship match away at Cardiff City (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Luton Town with a 2-0 scoreline.
QPR goalkeeper Seny Dieng did an outstanding job against Cardiff City with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
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 Queens Park Rangers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost eleven.
QPR has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Queens Park Rangers have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Derby County form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
County go into this game after a win, the home game against AFC Bournemouth that ended 1-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Rotherham United.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with County playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were four Derby County wins, five draws and eight defeats.
The attacking power of County when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Queens Park Rangers and Derby County have met before this season: Derby County - QPR 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Queens Park Rangers won three, Derby County won four and three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Chair 5 goals |  B. Osayi-Samuel 3 goals |
Queens Park Rangers missing players
Derby County missing players
| Queens Park Rangers | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 88% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 75% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 45% | 50% |
| 29% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 8% |
| 12% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 29% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 29% |
| 33% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 11.9 | 10.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 28% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 20% |
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Norwich City | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 53 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Brentford | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Watford | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | Reading | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 11 | Barnsley | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -12 | 26 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 21 | Derby County | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 22 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
- Derby County FC
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)