Derby County vs Sunderland Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Derby County take on Sunderland in Championship action this Friday. Read the match predictions to find out why a Derby County win is the betting tip at Pride Park.
Derby County v Sunderland TIPS
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Derby County vs Sunderland Preview
Derby County have not been in action since the 0-0 draw against bitter rivals Nottingham Forest back on the 11th March. Their form has really fallen off over the last few months, having only won once in their last 10 fixtures. Before this, they were potentially challenging for an automatic promotion place.
The Rams have been suffering plenty of injuries recently, which lead to a lot of raised eyebrows when their last scheduled game against Cardiff was called off before the international break. The EFL decided the snow was bad enough to cancel the fixture, and Gary Rowett hopes players such as Joe Ledley, George Thorne and Marcus Olsson will be back. Tom Huddlestone is out through suspension.
Sunderland’s season really could have not gone any worse. They sit rock bottom of the Championship with only 28 points and are staring a second consecutive relegation right in the face. After coming down from the Premier League last season, another relegation straight away would be a complete disaster.
Chris Coleman doesn’t exactly have an embarrassment of riches to choose from when selecting a starting 11. There are plenty of players missing through injury, including Duncan Watmore, James Vaughan, Robbin Ruiter and Tyias Browning. Darron Gibson has been suspended by the club after a recent arrest and subsequent charge for drink driving.
Derby County vs Sunderland Betting Tips
- Derby County have won 1 drawn 7 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Sunderland have won 0 drawn 3 and lost 7 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Derby County have scored an average of 1.1 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Sunderland have scored an average of 0.8 goals and conceded an average of 2.1 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Derby County’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Sunderland’s previous 10 matches
Derby County vs Sunderland Prediction
Derby County will be well rested after having their scheduled game against Cardiff City called off due to the snow. This was a controversial decision, but what it does mean is that The Rams will be able to get some of their many injured players back for this contest.
Due to their poor run of form, Gary Rowett’s side are in big danger of dropping out of the play off places altogether, so they will really need to win this. No run of form is worse than Sunderland’s though, who have not won in their last 10 matches.
Three straight defeats for the Black Cats against Aston Villa, QPR and Preston have left them on the brink of playing League One football next season. There have been no real signs of turning their bad run of form around, either.
Even though Derby have not looked great recently, they have still been far more impressive than the visitors and are expected to win this one comfortably. This begins our weekend football predictions and tips.
Team Lineups
| Derby | Sunderland |
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| Goalkeeper | |
| Scott Carson |
Lee Camp |
| Defenders | |
| Chris Baird Richard Keogh Curtis Davies Craig Forsyth |
Donald Love John O'Shea Lamine Kone Bryan Oviedo |
| Midfielders | |
| George Thorne Bradley Johnson Andreas Weimann Matej Vydra Tom Lawrence |
Patrick McNair Lee Cattermole George Honeyman Lynden Gooch Aiden McGeady |
| Forwards | |
| Cameron Jerome |
Ashley Fletcher |
| Substitutes | |
| Coach | |
RECENT Head To Head
English League Championship
Head to Head Statistics
Last1 matches
| Derby | Sunderland |
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| Wins | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Corners | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Red Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
Though Derby County will be big favourites to win this one, the last few meetings between these two teams have mainly gone the way of Sunderland. Of course, Sunderland have a history of being a strong side whether in the Championship or the Premier League.
Derby have not beaten Sunderland in the last 6 clashes, with 3 Sunderland wins and 3 draws. Those 3 draws have been the last 3 matches in a row, with the latest coming in the opening match of the season at the Stadium Of Light. On that occasion, Bradley Johnson opened the scoring for Derby while Lewis Grabban equalised for Sunderland.
LiveDerby vSunderland Updates
| 10' | ||
| 36' | Ashley Fletcher | |
| Matej Vydra | 42' |
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| out Tom Lawrence in Kasey Palmer | 46' |
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| 50' | Aiden McGeady | |
| out George Thorne in David Nugent | 58' |
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| 59' | Lamine Kone | |
| 63' | Donald Love | |
| 67' | Lee Cattermole | |
| 72' | John O'Shea | |
| 76' | John O'Shea | |
| 78' | out Patrick McNair in Marc Wilson | |
| 81' | out Bryan Oviedo in Adam Matthews | |
| out Cameron Jerome in Joe Ledley | 83' |
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| 90' | out Lynden Gooch in Josh Maja |
Compare Odds
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| Over 3.5 | 3.3 | ||||||||
| Under 5.5 | 1.02 | ||||||||
| Over 5.5 | 10.5 | ||||||||
| Over 4.5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Under 3.5 | 1.28 | ||||||||
| Under 4.5 | 1.09 |
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| Sunderland | 6 | ||||||||
| Derby County | 1.6 | ||||||||
| Draw | 3.8 |
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