Derby County and Stoke City meet at iPro Stadium, in a match for the 30th round of the Championship. The two teams drew (2-2), on 17-08-2019, in the previous match for this edition of the league. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 1 and drew 2. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 16º and 20º of the league table, it is actually a confrontation between the 4th ranked in home games and the 17th as a visitor.
Derby County :
The home team is currently in the 16th position, with 37 points won, after 9 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home against Hull City by (1‑0). In the last game, he lost out against Luton Town by (3-2). This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, since it conquered 29 points in its stadium, where it scored 19 goals and suffered 11, against only 8 points outside, with 12 goals scored and 28 suffered. In his last 10 home games for the championship, Derby County won 7, drew 2 and lost 1, so he won 23 points in 30 possible. In their home league games the most frequent final result at the break was 1-0 (7 in 15 games). His defense has not been very solid, since he suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of their last 15 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 29 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 14 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 15 home matches for this competition: he suffered 4 of his 11 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).
Derby County comes to this match with a 3-2 defeat on the trip to the Luton arena, totaling the second official match without tasting the taste of victory: the team’s goals were scored by Rooney and Chris Martin. The local club generally plays in a tactical system in 4-3-3, favoring a more offensive playing style, attacking the flanks. Martyn Waghorn stands out in this formation and is the best scorer, with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Max Lowe, suspended, as well as Keogh, Evans and Bennett, these injured.
Stoke City :
The visiting team is currently in 20th place, with 31 points won, after 9 wins, 4 draws and 16 losses. In the penultimate match, he won out against West Bromwich Albion by (0-1). In the last match, he won at home against Swansea City by (2-0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, they usually conquer as many points at home as outside, with 17 goals scored and 22 suffered as a visitor, against 19 goals scored and 20 suffered at home. For the championship, Stoke City conquered 12 points in 30 possible, after 4 wins and 6 losses in the last 10 games he played as a visitor. His attack has scored regularly, as he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 29 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 14 times and only got 2 comebacks.
Stoke City comes to this motivated match, after a 2-0 victory against Swansea, thus adding the second consecutive victory in this competition: the goals were scored by James McClean and Sam Clucas. Normally striker Borja Bastón is the most offensive reference of the visiting team and its main feature is the completion. Celina and Gallagher tend to be the men who play for the wings. André Ayew is the great scorer of Stoke City, with 10 goals scored. Out of this game are Garrick, van der Hoorn, both injured.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,88
