Derby County vs Portsmouth Prediction

This Friday’s EFL Championship action sees Portsmouth make the trip to face Derby County at Pride Park. This is a big match given that Portsmouth are in the relegation zone so they’ll wont to desperately escape.

Key Stats

• Derby County have scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Portsmouth have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches
• Portsmouth haven’t lost to Derby County in their last 5 meetings (1W-4D)
• Derby County haven’t scored in their last 2 matches
• Derby County haven’t managed to win a match in their last 6 attempts

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Derby County and Portsmouth have struggled across the season. Portsmouth are in the relegation zone thanks to the games played out on Wednesday night and Derby have not managed to pick up a win in their last six matches. It will be a tough challenge for both sides this Friday with both desperate to pick up all three points.

Derby County Preview

Formation: 5-2-3

Predicted Line-Up: Jacob Widell Zetterström; Callum Elder, Eiran Cashin, Curtis Nelson, Nat Phillips, Joe Ward; Ebou Adams, Kenzo Goudmijn, Liam Thompson; Dajume Brown, Jerry Yates

Derby County have had an average start to the season, finding themselves in the mid-table positions so early on in the campaign. After 20 games they sit in 16th place with five wins, nine losses and six draws. Those matches have left them with 21 points, a win and favourable results across the rest of the Championship and they could climb two places higher. In the goals for The Rams has been Swansea loanee Jerry Yates. The striker has found the back of the net four times as well as providing two assists. It isn’t just him that’s impressed though. Club captain Nathaniel Méndez-Laing has been great on the wing. He has amassed two goals and three assists, featuring in all 18 matches of the season so far. Derby can rely on them to be the difference makers for them this Saturday, taking on the big challenge of playing a Portsmouth side in the fight for survival and escaping the relegation zone.

Portsmouth Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Nicolas Schimd, Connor Ogilvie, Marlon Pack, Regan Poole, Terry Devlin; Owen Moxon, Freddie Potts; Josh Murphy, Paddy Lane, Matt Richie; Colby Bishop

The start of this season does not bode well for Portsmouth. Playing 18 games and they sit 22nd in the Championship table with three wins, seven losses and eight draws. Those results have left them with 17 points, a win would help the escape the bottom three though. The Posh have relied on winger Josh Murphy for goal contributions. He has have racked up four goals with four assists. Portsmouth with John Mousinho will be delighted with the form that Murphy has been displaying and will hope that he can replicate that form in this match on Friday.

Head To Head Stats: Derby County vs Portsmouth

There have been 60 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Derby come into this match holding an advantage over Portsmouth. They have come out victors on 25 occasions, leaving Portsmouth with 20 wins and the remaining 15 fixtures ending in a draw.

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Portsmouth. One win going to them, the rest of the four ending in a sharing of the points twice. Given that they haven’t been able to be separated the four most recent matches, this Friday seems like it might have the same outcome.

2nd April 2024 – Portsmouth 2-2 Derby County – League One

16th September 2023 – Derby County 1-1 Portsmouth – League One

29th April 2023 – Derby County 1-1 Portsmouth – League One A

18th November 2022 – Portsmouth 0-0 Derby County – League One

12th August 2015 – Portsmouth 2-1 Derby County – Carabao Cup

Betting Tips For Derby County vs Portsmouth

Both teams have struggled in the Championship this season, with Derby unable to score in their last two matches and Portsmouth heading into this Friday night game inside the relegation zone. It will be hard to call a winner out of the two of them.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Half Time/Full Time Result Draw/Draw as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 4/1 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £50 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Derby County vs Portsmouth

Derby County 0-0 Portsmouth

Derby haven’t managed to find the back of the net in their last two and Portsmouth have heavily relied on one man for most of their goals, something that will run out eventually. We can see a goalless stalemate in this one.