Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Derby County lock horns with Queens Park Rangers in a live Championship match this Friday night. Read the match predictions to find out why a draw is the betting tip at Pride Park. The Rams played out a 2-2 draw at home to rivals Nottingham Forest in their last match while the R’s piled more misery on relegation-bound Rotherham United with an emphatic 5-1 victory.

Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers Preview

Derby have Darren Bent available but David Nugent is expected to lead the line. Centre-back Jason Shackell and midfielder George Thorne are out for the season while Craig Forsyth and Nick Blackman have knee injuries. Tom Ince is a player to watch on the right flank having scored 12 and assisted 5 times this season.

QPR look set to be without Massimo Luongo but Pawel Wszolek is available after an illness. Left-back Jack Robinson is stepping up training and should be back soon while Kazenga LuaLua remains out with an ankle injury. Jordan Cousins has a thigh injury and centre-back Steven Caulker is still out with a hip problem.

Team Predictions Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers

Derby 4-2-3-1 formation: Carson; Olsson, Pearce, Keogh, Baird; Bryson, Johnson; Vydra, Russell, Ince; Nugent

QPR 3-4-3 formation: Smithies; Lynch, Hall, Onuoha; Bidwell, Freeman, Manning, Furlong; N’Gbakoto, Smith, Sylla

Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers Betting Tips

• Derby have won 1 drawn 5 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
• QPR have won 5 drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Derby have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 1.7 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, QPR have scored an average of 1.9 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Derby’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of QPR’s previous 10 matches

Derby County vs Queens Park Rangers Prediction

Gary Rowett was within minutes of making a winning start as new boss of Derby County but witnessed his side concede a late equaliser against Nottingham Forest. The Rams have fallen away from play-off contention, with form bad enough to see Steve McClaren sacked. They’ll be hoping to get that new manager bounce and pick up a win here.

Queens Park Rangers have posted some steady form and moved themselves away from the danger zone. Ian Holloway has certainly steadied the ship in his second spell at the club and his side arrive at Pride Park with no defeat in their last four outings.

For me, Derby have a better squad of players and Gary Rowett will have them well-drilled in a few weeks. This match may come too soon for his methods to be implemented and QPR have shown in recent matches that they are no pushovers. I fancy both teams to score here in what has the makings of a stalemate.

Free Betting Tips

Match Prediction
DRAW at 13/5 with Betfair

Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 4/5 with 888Sport

Correct Score Prediction
DRAW 1-1 at 13/2 with BetVictor

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