Championship: Derby vs Blackburn – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 36 match between Derby and Blackburn and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

When Blackburn come to Pride Park for the Championship match on Saturday, Derby will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Team form: Derby vs Blackburn

Derby Form

Derby endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 4-0 against Queens Park Rangers, before Millwall won 0-1, while Middlesbrough claimed a victory in a 1-0 match. Derby are without a win in their last six Championship matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and five defeats, in which they conceded six and scored zero goals.

Blackburn Form

Blackburn achieved a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, starting off beating Plymouth 2-0. A 3-0 defeat against Swansea followed, before drawing with Norwich in a match resulting 1-1. Blackburn managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring nine time and letting in five.

Betting stats and facts for Derby and Blackburn

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Derby and Blackburn. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Derby vs Blackburn

Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Jerry Yates will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Blackburn hope Makhtar Gueye can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

Betting markets: Derby vs Blackburn

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Pride Park across all tournaments Derby won two times, drew one and lost seven times. Blackburn claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Blackburn have not lost to Derby in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Derby only scored the first goal of the match in zero out of their last ten games. Blackburn scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Derby have failed to score in 4 consecutive games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Derby managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Blackburn kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Derby have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Blackburn.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Derby, who scored an average of 0.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Blackburn’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.