National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derby County or Barnsley that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Derby County form and stats
Action has already taken place for Derby County in FA Cup as they have defeated Torquay United and Newport County to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Pride Park Stadium as Derby County have scored 23 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the League One are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
County are confident in defense, having played 371 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Derby County last time playing, versus Accrington Stanley. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Hourihane, Barkhuizen (2) and McGoldrick scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Derby County played a great game against Accrington Stanley and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Barkhuizen was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Barkhuizen scored two goals.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Cambridge United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does County handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
A decent goal production from Derby County in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Derby County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pride Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Barnsley form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Crewe Alexandra and Bolton Wanderers in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Barnsley's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Playing away, Barnsley have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season.
Barnsley's previous game was their home loss versus Bolton Wanderers (0-3). Connell got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, top player of the team. Connell hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Fleetwood Town.Barnsley 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, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Barnsley find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Barnsley as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Derby County-Barnsley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Derby County five wins, Barnsley three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGoldrick 8 goals |  J. Collins 7 goals |   D. Cole 7 goals |
Derby County missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Derby County | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 27 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 56 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 52 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Derby County | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 28 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -18 | 22 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -28 | 20 |
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