Can Stoke City beat Derby County in Bet365 Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Stoke City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Derby County.

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Championship

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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Stoke City form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

Stoke are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 201 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Souttar).

An away draw last time out for Stoke, facing Cardiff City in a game that ended 0-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Middlesbrough (0-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Stoke perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stoke City as a small favourite), we find eight games. Stoke City has won two of these, drawn two and lost four.

Stoke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. Stoke's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Derby County have produced an overall stat of 5-4-9 so far.

County played 2-2 against Brentford in their previous match. A 0-1 loss hosting Millwall before that.

The match against Brentford looked like a defeat for County, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Louie Sibley equalized in the 87th minute. The draw against Brentford came from a losing position. The County manager W. Rooney brought on Louie Sibley as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

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 14 relevant matches. Results were four County wins, two draws and eight defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Derby County - Stoke 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Stoke-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stoke City four wins, Derby County three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StokeN. Powell
N. Powell
11 goals
Stoke CityS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
8 goals

Stoke City missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
12 8 4 Won W 2 5 10
13 4 2 Drew D 0 4 10
12 6 0 Lost L 3 9 17
41 25 10 Scored S 3 13 27
42 21 5 Conceded C 7 21 41
81% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
62% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 54%
38% 44% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 39% 27%
19% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 11%
16% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 28% 30%
46% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 30%
32% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 49%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.7 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 10.1
2.9 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.8
38% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 26%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Derby County have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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Table
  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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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