Two sides struggling at the limb of the EFL Championship standings will face each other this Saturday as Derby County welcomes Barnsley at the Pride Park Stadium in the 36th round of the campaign. Kickoffs at 18:00 EAT.
Derby County is placed in 23rd position on the table with only 21 points. Out of the 35 matches played, they won only 10 games while drawing and losing 12 times each. Coming into this game, they have lost four out of their last five fixtures winning once.
Derby County will hope for improved results coming off1-0 Championship loss to Cardiff City in their last outing. In that game, Derby County managed 63% possession and nine shots with only one of them on target. Cardiff City got 14 shots with four of them on target and a goal Uche Ikpeazu (85′).
Barnsley sits in the 22nd spot on the standing with 23 points from 33 games. They have won five times in the league while drawing on eight times and losing on 20 other occasions. They scored 24 in total while conceding a sum of 48 which shows that improvement in defense is needed. Unlike the opponents, they have three wins and two loses in their last five fixtures.
Barnsley gets into this fixture off the back of 3-2 Championship victory over Middlesbrough in their most recent game. In that game, Barnsley managed 32% possession and seven shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Mads Juel Andersen (7′), Amine Bassi (16′, 54′) and Liam Kitching (95′ Own goal). Middlesbrough got 16 shots with five of them on target and a goal by Andraž Šporar (61′).
Derby County vs Barnsley head to head
Derby County holds a slight upper hand in the history of this fixture in the 32 head to head meetings since 1993 claiming victory 14 times while Barnsley has won 10 times and there have been eight draws.
- Barnsley 2-1 Derby County 03/11/21
- Barnsley 0-0 Derby County 10/03/21
- Derby County 0-2 Barnsley 07/11/20
- Derby County 2-1 Barnsley 02/01/20
- Barnsley 2-2 Derby County 02/10/19
Home
- Cardiff 1-0 Derby County
- Luton 1-0 Derby County
- Derby County 1-2 Millwall
- Derby County 1-0 Peterborough
- Middlesbrough 4-1 Derby County
Away
- Barnsley 3-2 Middlesbrough
- Hull 0-2 Barnsley
- Coventry 1-0 Barnsley
- Barnsley 1-0 QPR
- Luton 2-1 Barnsley
Derby County team news
The home team will be without Kamil Jozwiak who is the only player sidelined with injury at the moment.
Barnsley team news
For the visitors, Clarke Oduor, Aaron Leya Iseka, Victor Adeboyejo and Cauley Woodrow are all unavailable due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a narrow away because as much as both teams are struggling in the relegation zone, Barnsley seems to have found their way out having their last two fixtures which Derby County lost.
- Barnsley Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
