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Derby County and Birmingham City meet at iPro Stadium in a 23rd round match of the Championship. The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates balance between these two teams, since there have been 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches. However, in the final match at this stage, in a Championship match on 16-01-2016, Birmingham City won by (0-3). The goals of the match were scored by P. Robinson (59 ‘), S. Gleeson (74’) and M. Kieftenbeld (80 ‘) for Birmingham City. Particular attention needs to be paid to the home / off condition as Derby County presents different results at home and away.
Derby County
The home team is currently in 7th place with 36 points earned after 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he won out for Queens Park Rangers by (0-1). In the last match, tied off to Fulham by (2-2). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 11 conceded, against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 Defeats at home, with 13 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last 10 home games for the league, Derby County has 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, having seized 17 points out of 30.
In this competition, he won his last 4 matches at home and did not lose any of the last 6 that he played in his stadium. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (7 in 11 matches). Defensive solidity has been one of his strengths as he has conceded only 3 of the last 10 games and his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 8 of the last 11 that played there were less than 3 goals. In 22 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 highlights in the last 11 home games in this competition: he scored 5 of his 11 goals in minutes (61’-75 ‘).
Derby County come to this game with a 2-2 draw at Fulham, adding the eighth consecutive game without losing in this competition: the goals were scored by Ince and Pearce. Coach Steve McClaren is normally 4-3-3, with possession of the ball and attacks organized through the wings. Tom Ince is Derby County’s top scorer with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Thorne, Forsyth, Camara, Blackman, Lowe, Anya and James Wilson, all injured.
Birmingham City
The visiting team is currently in 8th place with 34 points, after 9 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Ipswich Town by (2-1). In the last match, lost at home to Brighton & Hove Albion by (1-2). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the league, Birmingham City had 13 points out of 30, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 away games. The team allowed their opponents’ goals in 9 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 22 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn in the scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Birmingham City side have come to this unmotivated round because of a 1-2 away home defeat by Brighton, adding to their third defeat in the last four games: Jutkieweicz’s only team goal. Despite playing away from home coach Gianfranco Zola must line up in the usual 4-2-3-1 with David Davis responsible for organizing and creating the offensive process. The best finisher in Birmingham is offensive Lukas Jutkiewicz with 6 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Caddis, Gleeson, Donaldson, Fabbrini and Wiggins, all injured.
Prediction: Derby County Win @ 1.80