Derby County vs Rotherham United Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Derby County lock horns with Rotherham United in the Championship on Saturday. Read the match predictions to find out why a home win is the betting tip at Pride Park. The Rams won 2-3 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers last time out while the Millers were beaten 1-3 at home to Preston North End.
Derby County vs Rotherham United Preview
Derby could be without right-back Cyrus Christie for up to two months after he broke his foot in the win over Wolves. Jamie Hanson or Chris Baird are his likely replacements and Marcus Olsson has also returned to training. Meanwhile, midfielder George Thorne, striker Nick Blackman and left-back Craig Forsyth all remain sidelined.
Rotherham have missed injured midfielder Lee Frecklington and he’s unlikely to be fit in time to take part here. However, Tom Adeyemi and Scott Allan should be available after injury along with defender Kelvin Wilson but Kirk Broadfoot and Jonson Clarke-Harris are both sidelined.
Team Predictions Derby County vs Rotherham United
Derby 4-3-3 formation: Carson; Lowe, Pearce, Keogh, Hanson; Johnson, Hughes, Butterfield; Russell, Bent, Ince
Rotherham 4-4-2 formation: Camp; Mattock, Wood, Fry, Fisher; Newell, Vaulks, Adeyemi, Taylor; Ward, Blackstock
Derby County vs Rotherham United Betting Tips
- Derby have won 4 drawn 3 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Rotherham have won 0 drawn 2 and lost 8 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Derby have scored an average of 1.1 goals and conceded an average of 1.0 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Rotherham have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 2.4 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Derby’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of Rotherham’s previous 10 matches
Derby County vs Rotherham United Prediction
Things are looking up at Derby County since Steve McClaren returned. The Rams are up to 16th in the table and go in pursuit of a third successive win here. They looked comfortable in the 2-0 home win against Sheffield Wednesday prior to taking control of the first half against Wolves and could come flying out of the blocks again.
Rotherham remain rooted to the bottom of the table after their winless streak was stretched to a twelfth successive match. After being edged 0-1 at home to Reading, the losing streak was temporarily halted with a 2-2 draw away to Ipswich Town. However, it’s back to the drawing board for Kenny Jackett after shipping 3 goals at home to Preston.
Derby are the form side here and it would be something of a shock if they didn’t win. Although the Rams have been involved in mainly low-scoring games of late, Rotherham have tended to register a goal or two and this has the look of a high-scoring match. With that in mind, BetVictor’s best odds of 12/1 about a 3-1 Derby win look well worth taking.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
DERBY at 4/9 with bet365
Over/Under Prediction
OVER 2.5 goals at 13/20 with Betfred
Correct Score Prediction
DERBY 3-1 at 12/1 with BetVictor
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