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Derby County and Wigan play at iPro Stadium in a 24th round match of the Championship. In the last clash between these teams in this competition, on 12-12-2016, Derby County won out by (0-1). The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins and 2 losses in the last 5 games. In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Derby County
The home team is currently in 7th place with 39 points earned after 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, it tied off for Fulham by (2-2). In the last match, won at home to Birmingham City by (1-0). 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 losses as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 11 conceded, against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 Defeats at home, with 14 goals scored and 9 conceded. For the championship, Derby County had 19 points in 30 chances, after 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium.
For this competition, he records a 5-game winning streak in his last home games and has not lost any of the last 7 games in his stadium. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (8 out of 12 matches). Defensive solidity has been one of his strengths as he has conceded only goals in 3 of the last 10 games and his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 9 of the last 12 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 23 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 12 home games in this competition: he scored 6 of his 12 goals in the minutes (61′-75 ‘).
Derby County comes to this game with a 1-0 home win against Birmingham, adding to their ninth consecutive game without losing in this competition: the only goal was scored by Bent. Usually coach Steve McClaren lines up in 4-3-3 privileging possession of the ball and organized attacks, mainly through the right side. Tom Ince is the great highlight of Derby County with 8 goals and 3 assists. It is important to note that the home team has recorded five consecutive victories in this condition. For this game the coach can not count on Thorne, Christie, Forsyth, Camara, Blackman, Lowe, Anya and James Wilson, all injured.
Wigan
After 4 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, the visiting team is in 23rd place, having won 18 points. In the last match, they lost with Rotherham United away (3-2), after having lost at home in a game against Ipswich Town (2-3). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; Against 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 away games the Wigan record 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, having won 9 points out of 30. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 5 of the last 12 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 23 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and never managed to turn the score.
Wigan’s side arrive for this unmotivated round due to a 3-2 home defeat by Rotherham, thus clinching their fifth consecutive defeat in the competition: the goals were scored by Jordi Gomez and Wilfschut. In this game coach Warren Joyce must line up in the usual 4-2-3-1 with Jordi Gómez being responsible for organizing and creating the offensive process. However, Wigan’s best finisher is offensive Will Grigg with 5 goals scored. It is worth mentioning that the visitors record two consecutive defeats away from home. For this game the coach can not count on Perkins, Morgan, James, Powell, Garbutt and Burke, players who recover from injury.
Prediction: Derby County Win @ 1.66