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Derby County

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Derby County will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Championship losing effort in their last game against Middlesbrough.

In that match, Derby County had 35% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Middlesbrough got 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Finn Azaz (80') was the scorer for Middlesbrough.

It’s not been often in recent times that Derby County have shown defensive steel. In fact, Derby County have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals during that time. That aside, time will tell if such a trend shall be replicated in this next match.

Their past results show that Derby County:

• have not emerged victorious against Blackburn Rovers in their last 5 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 6 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Blackburn Rovers

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In their previous fixture, Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Norwich City.

In that match, Blackburn Rovers had 40% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Blackburn Rovers was Andreas Weimann (96'). For their opponents, Norwich City had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Ante Crnac (90') was the scorer for Norwich City.

Valérien Ismaël's Blackburn Rovers have had reason to celebrate scoring 6 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 8.

Going into this one, Blackburn Rovers haven't been beaten by Derby County when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 08/03/2020 shows us that Derby County have won 1 of these games & Blackburn Rovers 5, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The last league contest between these clubs was Championship match day 1 on 09/08/2024 when it finished Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Derby County.

On that day, Blackburn Rovers managed 47% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The goalscorers were Tyrhys Dolan (19'), Andreas Weimann (72'), Sammie Szmodics (76') and Yuki Ohashi (84').

Derby County had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Curtis Nelson (67') and Kane Wilson (88') scored.

The referee was Joshua Smith.

🗞️ Team News: Derby County

Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (Knock), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Hamstring injury), Kane Wilson (Hamstring injury), Dajaune Brown (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) will not be able to play for Derby County boss John Eustace.

🗞️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers manager Valérien Ismaël has to choose a team with limited availability. Hayden Carter (Knee surgery) and Yuki Ohashi (Ankle injury) will not be playing here.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Blackburn Rovers and Derby County could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Victor Martins, 14:05 08/03/2025