Stoke City welcome Derby County with hopes of picking up all three points. Will they? Open our preview!
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Championship
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Championship game only three days ago.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City have played 11 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Stoke, as their goalkeeper Adam Davies has completely shut out the opponents for 218 minutes in the Championship.
Stoke drew their last game, also a home match. Middlesbrough (placed 5th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Batth was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Batth won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Queens Park Rangers.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Stoke matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and zero defeats (from four games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Preston North End in only four days. This game is also played here at Bet365 Stadium.
Stoke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Stoke City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bet365 Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Derby County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Derby County so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. County goalkeeper Ryan Allsop is eager to challenge this, with his 254 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Kazim-Richards secured the home win 1-0 against West Bromwich Albion in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Rooney when Kazim-Richards scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute. Allsop (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.22. Allsop stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Blackpool.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Derby County when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.
The schedule is very tough for County now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Reading is waiting in only four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from County's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 11 matches. It's not easy to score on County as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported match featuring both these teams is the Derby County - Stoke 2-1 played not long ago this season. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Stoke, three draws and three wins for Derby County. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Powell 5 goals |  J. Brown 5 goals |   T. Lawrence 5 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Derby County missing players
| Stoke City | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 15 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 21 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 73% | 78% |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 36% | 27% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 14% | 18% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 18% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 41% | 36% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 41% | 45% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 39% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 35% |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 9.6 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 29% | 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 10.5 | 9.7 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.5 | 12.9 | 13 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
- Derby County have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Championship
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Championship
- Stoke City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Millwall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
- Derby County FC
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
