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Predictions and Tips
Derby County face off with visiting club Stoke City at Pride Park Stadium in this Championship clash on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Derby County v Stoke City can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Derby County
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Derby County, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Championship victory versus Hull City.
In that game, Derby County had 37% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Derby County was Nathaniel Phillips (84'). At the other end, Hull City got 15 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
In their prior six games, John Eustace's Derby County have netted a total of 6 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.
Coming into this clash, Derby County are without a home win in the past 2 league games.
Stoke City
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Sheffield United in Championship action, Stoke City will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Stoke City had 51% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Sheffield United got 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Sam McCallum (38') and Andre Brooks (87') scored for Sheffield United.
In 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Stoke City, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that period works out to just 2.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Potters being 0.83. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.
Heading into this contest, Stoke City have not emerged victorious against Derby County in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 31/01/2020 tells us that Derby County have won 3 of these and Stoke City 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
A combined total of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 for The Rams and 5 being from The Potters. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.
The last league encounter between these sides was Championship match day 13 on 02/11/2024 when it finished Stoke City 2-1 Derby County.
In that match, Stoke City managed 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Tom Cannon (9'), Viktor Johansson (68' Own goal) and Ben Gibson (82').
Derby County had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
The referee was Joshua Smith.
📋 Team News: Derby County
Callum Elder (Knock), Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Cruciate ligament tear), Ryan Nyambe (Hamstring injury), Joe Ward (Knee surgery), Jacob Widell Zetterström (Facial injury), Dajaune Brown (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) won’t be playing for Derby County gaffer John Eustace.
ℹ️ Team News: Stoke City
Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Stoke City manager Mark Robins to be concerned about. Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Calf injury) misses out for this game.
✨ Prediction
Our thinking is that Stoke City have it within them to put a goal past this Derby County lineup, although that might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Derby County at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Lucas Pereira, 11:03 03/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
Predicted Lineups


🏟️ Team Focus:
Derby County
Formed: 1884
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium (32,956)
Captain: Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Chairman: David Clowes
Manager: John Eustace
Competitions: Championship position 19
🔑 Key Man: Jerry Yates
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Jerry Yates was born in Doncaster, England. After making a first senior appearance for Rotherham United in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Forward has scored 10 league goals in the Championship 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 41 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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45 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 64 | 97 | WWWWW |
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45 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 97 | DWWWW |
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45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 89 | LLWLW |
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45 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 76 | DLLLL |
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45 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 67 | WDWLL |
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45 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 66 | WDWLL |
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45 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 66 | WWLWW |
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45 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 65 | DWWWW |
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45 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 64 | LLWLD |
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45 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 61 | LWLLD |
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45 | 17 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 60 | WWWWL |
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45 | 15 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 57 | DLLWD |
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45 | 16 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 56 | WLLLL |
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45 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 54 | DLLLD |
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45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 53 | WDWLL |
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45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | -13 | 53 | LDWWD |
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45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | -16 | 52 | LWLDW |
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45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | -17 | 50 | DWWLL |
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45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 49 | DDLWW |
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45 | 10 | 19 | 16 | -11 | 49 | DLLLL |
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45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | -22 | 49 | DLWWW |
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45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 48 | LDLWL |
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45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | -36 | 46 | LWLWW |
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45 | 9 | 17 | 19 | -23 | 44 | DLLDD |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Jerry Yates | 10 |
Ebou Adams | 6 |
Marcus Harness | 4 |
Craig Forsyth | 3 |
Kayden Jackson | 3 |
Tom Cannon | 9 |
Lewis Baker | 6 |
Million Manhoef | 5 |
Andrew Moran | 4 |
Jun-ho Bae | 3 |
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