Ace Football previews the Championship round 21 match between Derby and Portsmouth and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Derby and Portsmouth will be desperate for points on Friday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?
Ranked as number 16 in the Championship standings, Derby, have so far collected 21 points this season, while Portsmouth collected 17 points. This puts them up as number 21 after 18 rounds.
Form: Derby vs Portsmouth
Derby Form
Derby only added a single draw to their account in their last three games, where they lost 1-2 and 2-0 against Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds respectively. At least they managed a 0-0 draw with Burnley. Derby just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Championship matches at the Pride Park. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded nine goals.
Portsmouth Form
In their last three matches, Portsmouth drew 2-2 with Swansea, beat Bristol City 3-0 before a 0-0 draw with Norwich. Portsmouth only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by 13 goals to six.
Betting facts for Derby and Portsmouth
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Derby and Portsmouth. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 21 of the last 22 Derby home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 12 Derby matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 12 Derby matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Derby home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Derby have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 9 Portsmouth matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Portsmouth matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Portsmouth matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Portsmouth matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Portsmouth away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Derby vs Portsmouth
Jerry Yates is the most prolific Championship marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Portsmouth look to Josh Murphy, hoping he can add to his current total of four Championship goals in his latest games.
Popular betting markets: Derby vs Portsmouth
Full-time result
Derby claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Portsmouth won one of their last 10 games away, while drawing five and losing four in this series of matches. Derby have not lost to Portsmouth in 5 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Derby scored first in six of their last ten home games. Portsmouth got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Derby played. 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, Portsmouth kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Derby have scored in 6 consecutive league meetings with Portsmouth.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Derby, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Portsmouth played across all tournaments. They scored 1.3 times on average in the process.
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