Derby County vs Preston North End Live Stream, Predictions

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Derby County

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Derby County, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 Championship triumph vs Plymouth Argyle.

In that game, Derby County managed 42% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Derby County, the scorers were Marcus Harness (11', 88'), Harrison Armstrong (26') and Nathaniel Phillips (46' Own goal). Plymouth Argyle had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Mustapha Bundu (38') scored for Plymouth Argyle.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Derby County have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Derby County have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals during that time. That pattern might not be continued into this game, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Derby County:

• are unbeaten in the league by Preston North End in their last 3 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Preston North End

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Aston Villa in FA Cup competition, Preston North End and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Preston North End had 29% possession and 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Aston Villa had 16 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Marcus Rashford (58', 63') and Jacob Ramsey (71') scored for Aston Villa.

During their 6 most recent matches, Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End have slotted home a total of 7 times - giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Coming into this clash, Preston North End are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/09/2020 shows us that Derby County have won 1 of these games and Preston North End 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for The Rams and 7 being from The Lilywhites. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The last league game between the two was Championship match day 16 on 23/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Preston North End 1-1 Derby County.

That day, Preston North End managed 55% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Sam Greenwood (23').

On the other side, Derby County had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. Jerry Yates (29') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by David Webb.

🗞️ Team News: Derby County

Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), Kemar Roofe (Hamstring injury), Ben Osborn (Hamstring injury), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Hamstring injury), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Cruciate ligament tear), Ryan Nyambe (Hamstring injury), Joe Ward (Knee surgery), Dajaune Brown (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) are not available for Derby County gaffer John Eustace.

📋 Team News: Preston North End

From a largely available squad, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Preston North End gaffer Paul Heckingbottom to be concerned with. Josh Seary (Knee injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Preston North End are likely to score a goal against this Derby County lineup, however that isn’t expected to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Derby County at the end of the 90 minutes. We’ll have to see what happens.

Peter Guest, 10:21 02/04/2025