Home advantage could prove decisive in Derby County - Peterborough United battle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

This has the looks of another interesting contest at Pride Park Stadium in the League One. Derby County is in 8th place and receive Peterborough United in 2nd position. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Derby County have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Derby County nor Peterborough United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Derby County form and stats

As mentioned below, Derby County are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 League One games.

Derby County haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 235 minutes ago. Mendez-Laing scored that one. County are confident in defense, having played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Derby County's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 vs West Bromwich Albion. The home team are looking to build on that result. Wildsmith, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Wildsmith topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, County played out a League One draw 0-0 when visiting Fleetwood Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Derby County have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Derby County as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Grimsby Town are visiting.

Early season league goal statistics from Derby County's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The Peterborough goalkeeper Lucas Bergström is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 205 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for Peterborough United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Stevenage in the Carabao Cup. Kyprianou got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Kyprianou hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Lincoln City.

Peterborough United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

A new game in only three days for Peterborough United, the EFL Trophy home match versus Stevenage. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Peterborough United has managed 3 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - one - four (County wins - draws - Peterborough United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last nine duels.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
5 goals
Peterborough UnitedJ. Marriott
J. Marriott
3 goals
Derby CountyN. Mendez-Laing
N. Mendez-Laing
1 goals

Derby County missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Derby County Peterborough United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 3 12
2 1 0 Conceded C 2 4 4
60% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
20% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
20% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 20%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 60%
60% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 20%
 
10 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6.4
4.6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 4.2
1.6 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 12 15.4
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 5.4
15% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 44%
 
8 7.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.5 10.2
1.8 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 7 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Peterborough United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Derby County have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Derby County have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Derby County have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Peterborough United have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
  • Peterborough United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Derby County Last season Peterborough United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 11   Won W   3 9
13 7   Drew D   3 10
19 5   Lost L   17 27
45 30   Scored S   16 43
53 22   Conceded C   54 87
89% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
63% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 80%
39% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 61%
17% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 30%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 11%
50% 57%   BTTS BTTS   39% 43%
30% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   4% 13%
30% 13%   Failed to Score F T   57% 50%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.6
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
7 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 9.3
2.9 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 3.3
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 29%
 
12.2 12   Shots against (avg) S A   16.5 14.6
3.8 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 5 4 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 8 13
2 Peterborough United 5 4 0 1 12 4 3 3 0 0 9 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 8 12
3 Portsmouth 5 3 2 0 12 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 7 11
4 Sheffield Wednesday 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 10
5 Plymouth Argyle 5 3 0 2 8 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 9
6 Charlton Athletic 5 2 2 1 9 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 8
7 Bolton Wanderers 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 8
8 Derby County 5 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 8
9 Exeter City 5 2 1 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 7 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 7
10 Cambridge United 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -2 7
11 Port Vale 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 7
12 Accrington Stanley 4 1 3 0 8 7 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
13 Wycombe Wanderers 5 2 0 3 8 8 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 0 6
14 Fleetwood Town 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 6
15 Bristol Rovers 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 6
16 Barnsley 5 2 0 3 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 6
17 Lincoln City 5 1 3 1 4 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 5 -3 6
18 Shrewsbury Town 5 1 2 2 2 5 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 5
19 Oxford United 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 4
20 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -3 4
21 Cheltenham Town 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 -3 4
22 Milton Keynes Dons 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 4
23 Morecambe 5 0 3 2 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 3
24 Burton Albion 5 0 1 4 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 0 1 1 4 7 -10 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.