Only victory will do for the Derby County followers in this Pride Park Stadium duel with Morecambe, seeing as they have a robust lead on their opponents in the League One table.
- Derby County have the most points from losing position (16) in League One
- Morecambe have the fewest points (7) away in League One
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Derby County form and stats
Derby County have performed here at Pride Park Stadium this season with 9 wins from 13 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. days ago.
County's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-2 vs West Ham United (in FA Cup). Defender Forsyth got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Forsyth hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that match, a League One win away at Port Vale.The Derby County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Derby County have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Morecambe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Morecambe, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Morecambe won their last game, 5-1 versus Bristol Rovers played at home. As mentioned above, Morecambe was the only team on the pitch versus Bristol Rovers in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Goalkeeper Ripley was absolutely vital in the Morecambe victory against Bristol Rovers, making six saves. Attacker Crowley got a player rating of 9.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Crowley scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 22 total).
Prior to that match, the Morecambe manager Adams faced defeat when travelling to Ipswich Town and losing 0-4.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Morecambe rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Derby County and Morecambe have duelled earlier this season: Morecambe - County 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGoldrick 9 goals |   J. Weir 8 goals |  J. Collins 7 goals |
Derby County missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Derby County | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 40 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 31 |
| 21 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 40 |
| 78% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 63% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | 81% |
| 48% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 54% | 52% |
| 22% | 31% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 44% | 54% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 62% | 59% |
| 44% | 46% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 33% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 38% | 30% |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 13.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 39% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | 30% |
| 9.4 | 8.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 17.2 | 17.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
- Derby County have the most points from losing position (16) in League One
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have the fewest points (7) away in League One
- Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 61 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 58 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 54 |
| 4 | Derby County | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 50 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 43 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 41 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 41 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 37 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -9 | 27 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -15 | 25 |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -20 | 25 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -23 | 25 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -31 | 21 |
