This could be a great fixture, with Portsmouth placed 5th and Derby County in 6th. Here's all you need to know!
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. So many draws at home for Portsmouth, an amazing four in a row now.
Portsmouth travelled for their previous game, a trip to Morecambe that ended 1-1. The score 1-1 has "struck" the home team three times in a row! Defender Swanson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.63/10. Swanson served one assist, hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Hereford. A FA Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Portsmouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Portsmouth after this match as they are travelling to Ipswich Town for a EFL Trophy game in only four days.
The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches.
Derby County form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Derby County playing as the away team in the League One this season.
The regulars enjoyed County's previous fixture versus Torquay United, a FA Cup win (5-0) played at home. The attacker McGoldrick got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. McGoldrick scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away League One victory against Milton Keynes Dons with the score of 3-1.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 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Derby County win, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Portsmouth-Derby County H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth two wins, Derby County three wins, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 9 goals |   J. Collins 6 goals |  D. McGoldrick 4 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Derby County missing players
| Portsmouth | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 65% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 13 | 13.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 50% | 52% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 9.3 | 6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
- Portsmouth 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Derby County | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
