Fulham vs Derby Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Fulham host Derby in the second leg of their Championship Playoff tie on Monday 14 May. Read the match predictions to find out why Fulham is the football betting tip to beat Derby at Craven Cottage.

Fulham vs Derby Preview

Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic will have been disappointed with a number of players who were not at their best in the 1-0 first leg defeat at Pride Park on Friday and may change the starting lineup in an effort to revive the team performance.

The squad has a clean bill of health and Floyd Ayite could be recalled to the lineup in place of Chelsea loanee Lucas Piazon who failed to make an impact in the first leg. Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 12 in 18 appearances since arriving on loan from Newcastle in January and could be the key to Fulham’s chances of overcoming the one-goal deficit.

Derby full back Marcus Olsson missed the first leg with a knee injury and may not be fit in time for the trip to Fulham. Gary Rowett can call on Ikechi Anya in the wing back role leaving him to decide between Andreas Weimann, who filled in on Friday, and leading scorer Matej Vydra to play behind Cameron Jerome.

Fulham vs Derby Betting Tips

• Fulham have won 6 drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
• Derby have won 5 drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Fulham have scored an average of 1.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Derby have scored an average of 1.6 goals and conceded an average of 1.4 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Fulham’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Derby’s previous 10 matches

Fulham vs Derby Prediction

Fulham’s slip in the first leg was their second successive defeat after losing 3-1 at Birmingham on the final day of the regular season. Jokanovic will be hoping his players can return to normal business when they bring Derby back to Craven Cottage. Fulham have won 12 of their last 14 home games and five of the last seven wins have been by the desired margin of two goals or more.

Derby have now gone four games unbeaten but three of those were at home, to Cardiff (3-0), Barnsley (4-1) and Fulham. They drew 1-1 at Aston Villa in that sequence and have only won one (Preston 1-0) of the last nine away games.

Derby have a lead to defend and will happily sit out a draw but Fulham have the firepower to break through early and swing the tie in their favour

Fulham 4-3-3 formation: Bettinelli; Fredericks, Odoi, Ream, Targett; Johansen, Cairney, McDonald; Ayite, Mitrovic, Sessegnon

Derby 3-4-2-1 formation: Carson; Forsyth, Keogh, Davies; Wisdom, Huddlestone, Johnson, Anya; Lawrence, Vydra; Jerome

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