Evenly matched teams: Rotherham United vs Derby County match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Rotherham United are welcoming Derby County for another important game after their 1-2 result against 11th-placed Blackburn Rovers.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Championship
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

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.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Rotherham United are 3-2-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Rotherham faced defeat in their previous match, away at Blackburn Rovers (1-2). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Bristol City.

Heartbreak for Rotherham United in their last match as Blackburn Rovers's A. Armstrong scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

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 Rotherham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.

Rotherham United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Rotherham have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

360 minutes! That's how long the County goalkeeper David Marshall and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

County had fun at their own home (AESSEAL New York Stadium) last time out, beating Swansea City 2-0. Kamil Jóźwiak and Colin Kazim-Richards scored. A draw for Derby County before that, at their own venue hosting Stoke City (0-0).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derby County playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were four Derby County wins, six draws and eight defeats.

The attacking power of County when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rotherham United-Derby County H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Rotherham United two wins, Derby County four wins, three draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RotherhamF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
4 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
3 goals
Rotherham UnitedD. Barlaser
D. Barlaser
3 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Derby County missing players

Rotherham United Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 1 9 19
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
11 4 0 Lost L 0 4 9
18 11 3 Scored S 1 5 10
27 10 0 Conceded C 1 9 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
74% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 44% 58%
42% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 16%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 32%
16% 22% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 26%
37% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 53%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.9 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 12.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.8 10.5
2.9 3.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.4 2.9
33% 31% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 18%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
  • Rotherham United 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 19 12 4 3 27 18 9 5 3 1 11 7 10 7 1 2 16 11 9 40
2 AFC Bournemouth 19 10 7 2 35 16 10 7 2 1 20 8 9 3 5 1 15 8 19 37
3 Watford 19 9 7 3 23 13 10 7 2 1 19 9 9 2 5 2 4 4 10 34
4 Swansea City 19 9 6 4 21 12 9 5 3 1 11 4 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 33
5 Reading 19 10 3 6 29 23 10 6 0 4 14 11 9 4 3 2 15 12 6 33
6 Brentford 19 8 8 3 28 17 9 3 5 1 13 9 10 5 3 2 15 8 11 32
7 Middlesbrough 19 8 6 5 20 14 10 7 2 1 15 4 9 1 4 4 5 10 6 30
8 Stoke City 19 8 6 5 24 20 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 4 4 2 9 5 4 30
9 Bristol City 19 9 3 7 20 20 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 5 1 3 12 11 0 30
10 Cardiff City 19 8 5 6 26 18 10 4 2 4 16 11 9 4 3 2 10 7 8 29
11 Blackburn Rovers 19 8 4 7 34 23 10 5 2 3 17 11 9 3 2 4 17 12 11 28
12 Barnsley 19 8 4 7 23 24 10 5 2 3 12 10 9 3 2 4 11 14 -1 28
13 Luton Town 19 7 5 7 17 21 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 4 11 -4 26
14 Huddersfield Town 19 7 4 8 22 27 9 5 1 3 12 8 10 2 3 5 10 19 -5 25
15 Millwall 19 5 9 5 16 17 9 1 6 2 7 9 10 4 3 3 9 8 -1 24
16 Preston North End 19 7 2 10 26 30 9 2 1 6 7 12 10 5 1 4 19 18 -4 23
17 Birmingham City 19 5 7 7 16 19 9 2 2 5 7 11 10 3 5 2 9 8 -3 22
18 Coventry City 19 5 7 7 20 27 10 4 4 2 12 13 9 1 3 5 8 14 -7 22
19 Queens Park Rangers 19 4 7 8 18 26 10 3 4 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 7 15 -8 19
20 Rotherham United 19 4 4 11 18 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 1 2 7 7 17 -9 16
21 Nottingham Forest 19 4 4 11 13 24 10 3 3 4 10 11 9 1 1 7 3 13 -11 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 Wycombe Wanderers 19 2 5 12 11 28 9 1 3 5 4 9 10 1 2 7 7 19 -17 11
24 Sheffield Wednesday 19 3 6 10 10 21 9 1 5 3 5 7 10 2 1 7 5 14 -11 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.