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Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

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We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Sunday afternoon, as Paul Warne and his Derby County side host Danny Röhl’s Sheffield Wednesday at the Pride Park Stadium. You'll find statistics supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but there are 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Championship performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Derby County's next match is v Leeds at 12:30 on Saturday 7th December
Sheffield Wednesday's next match is v Preston at 12:30 on Saturday 7th December
The last English Championship meeting between Derby and Sheff Wed was on Sunday 1st December 2024
English Championship
December 1st 2024
Derby 1
2 Sheff Wed
 
E. Adams 9'64' B. Bannan
90' J. Lowe
 
DER
SHW
Shots On
4
2
Shots Off
4
5
Corners
7
5
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
20
7
Yellow/red cards
5/0
1/0
 
DerbySheff Wed
 
J. Widell Zetterström
K. Wilson
C. Forsyth
E. Cashin
C. Nelson
E. Adamsfootball icon
L. Thompson (C. Elder 79')
B. Osborn (K. Goudmijn 79')
N. Mendez-Laing (T. Barkhuizen 57')
M. Harness (K. Jackson 57')
J. Yates (J. Collins 89')
J. Beadle
Y. Valery
(L. Palmer 46') P. Valentín Sancho
(J. Windass 46') D. Iorfa
M. Lowe
football iconB. Bannan
M. Johnson
S. Charles
(C. Paterson 79') M. Smith
(J. Lowe 58') D. Gassama
(N. Chalobah 70') A. Musaba

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Derby and Sheff Wed combined during a standard 90 mins. Recent form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and we think there's a 78% chance of it coming in. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Derby are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Derby
47%
6/4
9%
7/5
4%
Draw
27%
21/10
9%
19/10
12%
Sheff Wed
26%
19/10
7%
9/5
7%
Derby 1-0
13%
6/1
7%
11/2
7%
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
19/4
12%
Derby 2-0
9%
10/19/1
Draw 0-0
9%
13/2
21%
11/2
24%
Derby 2-1
9%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
Sheff Wed 1-0
9%
13/2
6%
6/1
7%
Sheff Wed 2-1
6%
10/19/1
5%
Derby 3-0
4%
22/118/1
12%
Draw 2-2
4%
16/112/1
Sheff Wed 2-0
4%
12/111/1
9%
Derby 3-1
4%
22/1
10%
16/1
13%
Derby 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Sheff Wed 3-1
2%
25/1
13%
20/1
11%
Derby 4-0
2%
50/140/1
21%
Derby 4-1
2%
50/1
24%
33/1
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
11/8
13%
13/10
15%
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/7
9%
4/7
9%
Home 1st Goal
51%
5/6
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
5/4
2%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
13/2
21%
-
BTTS - Yes
47%
1/1
9%
1/1
8%
BTTS - No
53%
8/11
5%
3/4
5%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
5/1
20%
17/4
9%
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
5%
17/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
6/1
17%
5/1
9%
Home/draw
74%
2/52/5
3%
Away/draw
53%
1/2
2%
1/2
3%
Home/away
73%
4/11
5%
4/11
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
4/9
6%
4/9
8%
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
7/4
14%
13/8
15%
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
7/2
13%
16/5
17%
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
1/5
4%
1/5
4%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
9/1
25%
15/2
21%
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/16
2%
1/16
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
20/1
24%
16/1
31%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/66
1%
1/200
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/10
4%
1/11
3%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
6/1
26%
11/2
24%
Home DNB
66%
8/118/11
Away DNB
44%
1/11/1
Derby win to nil
29%
11/4
6%
-
Sheff Wed win to nil
15%
7/2-
Derby / Derby
20%
10/3
8%
3/1
7%
Derby / Sheff Wed
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Derby / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
Draw / Derby
15%
9/29/2
Draw / Sheff Wed
13%
11/25/1
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3
9%
16/5
16%
Sheff Wed / Derby
3%
28/122/1
10%
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed
17%
4/1
5%
18/5
6%
Sheff Wed / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Derby have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Derby have conceded 17 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Derby have played 8 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Sheff Wed lay in 13th place on 22 points in the Championship league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 13 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sheff Wed have conceded 6 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Sheff Wed have played 8 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Derby
Sheff Wed
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd1812421638 
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
l
 
1-0A
2
Burnley1810621736 
Apr 9
Dec 10
l
 
0-2A
Feb 21
3
Leeds1810531835 
Dec 29
Dec 7
l
 
0-2A
Jan 19
4
Sunderland189631333 
Jan 21
l
 
2-0A
Mar 1
l
 
4-0A
5
M'Boro189361130 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
Apr 21
Dec 26
6
Watford18936230 
Jan 18
l
 
2-1F
l
 
2-6A
May 3
7
West Brom186102728 
Dec 26
Apr 21
w
 
3-2F
Feb 8
8
Blackburn17845428 
Mar 8
l
 
4-2A
Dec 10
Apr 8
9
Norwich18675825 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 8
w
 
2-0F
Mar 12
10
Millwall17674525 
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
11
Bristol C18675325 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
Jan 22
d
 
0-00-0
12
Sheff Wed 18747-525 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 1
-
-
13
Swansea18657123 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 5
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 12
14
Stoke18567-321 
May 3
l
 
2-1A
Dec 21
Apr 18
15
Derby 18558-220 
-
-
Jan 1
w
 
1-2A
16
Coventry18468-318 
Mar 11
w
 
1-2F
Feb 15
w
 
1-2A
17
Oxford Utd18468-818 
Feb 11
d
 
1-1A
Apr 12
Dec 14
18
Preston18396-818 
Mar 29
d
 
1-1A
Dec 7
Dec 29
19
Luton185310-1318 
Apr 18
Dec 20
Feb 1
l
 
2-1F
20
Cardiff18459-1117 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
21
Plymouth18459-2017 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
w
 
4-0F
Mar 8
22
Hull18369-915 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
23
QPR18297-1115 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
24
Portsmouth16277-1213 
Dec 13
Apr 12
Apr 26
w
 
1-2A
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Derby 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derby1 - 2Swansea
Derby1 - 1Plymouth
Derby1 - 1Hull
Derby2 - 0QPR
Derby2 - 3Norwich
Derby1 - 0Cardiff
Derby3 - 0Bristol C
Derby1 - 0M'Boro
Derby2 - 0Carlisle
Derby3 - 0L Orient
Derby1 - 0Blackpool
Derby1 - 0Bolton
Derby2 - 1Reading
Derby3 - 0Port Vale
Derby1 - 2Charlton
Derby1 - 0Stevenage
Derby1 - 1Shrewsbury
Derby2 - 1Cheltenham
Derby3 - 2Burton
Derby2 - 3Peterborough
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDerby1 - 2Swansea
ADerby1 - 1Preston
HDerby1 - 1Plymouth
ADerby2 - 1Coventry
ADerby1 - 2Stoke
HDerby1 - 1Hull
ADerby1 - 1Oxford Utd
ADerby1 - 1Millwall
HDerby2 - 0QPR
ADerby0 - 2Sunderland
HDerby2 - 3Norwich
ADerby0 - 1Sheff Utd
HDerby1 - 0Cardiff
HDerby3 - 0Bristol C
ADerby1 - 2Watford
HDerby1 - 0M'Boro
ADerby2 - 4Blackburn
HDerby2 - 0Carlisle
ADerby1 - 0Cambridge
HDerby3 - 0L Orient
Sheff Wed 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
9
D
1
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull0 - 2Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
Coventry1 - 2Sheff Wed
Bristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
Luton2 - 1Sheff Wed
Millwall3 - 0Sheff Wed
Sunderland4 - 0Sheff Wed
Sunderland0 - 2Sheff Wed
Blackburn1 - 3Sheff Wed
QPR0 - 2Sheff Wed
M'Boro2 - 0Sheff Wed
Ipswich6 - 0Sheff Wed
Rotherham0 - 1Sheff Wed
Millwall0 - 2Sheff Wed
Leicester2 - 0Sheff Wed
Huddersfield4 - 0Sheff Wed
Southampton4 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston0 - 1Sheff Wed
Coventry2 - 0Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Wed2 - 0Hull
HSheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
ASheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
HSheff Wed2 - 0Norwich
HSheff Wed2 - 6Watford
ASheff Wed2 - 1Portsmouth
HSheff Wed0 - 0Swansea
HSheff Wed0 - 2Burnley
ASheff Wed2 - 1Coventry
ASheff Wed0 - 0Bristol C
HSheff Wed3 - 2West Brom
ASheff Wed1 - 2Luton
HSheff Wed1 - 1QPR
ASheff Wed0 - 3Millwall
HSheff Wed0 - 2Leeds
ASheff Wed0 - 4Sunderland
HSheff Wed4 - 0Plymouth
ASheff Wed2 - 0Sunderland
HSheff Wed3 - 0West Brom
ASheff Wed3 - 1Blackburn
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Derby have drawn with Sheff Wed in 4 consecutive home league meetings
13
Derby have not lost to Sheff Wed in 13 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Derby since 1997
Derby
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
36
19
Games: Scored
17 / 19
10 / 19
Clean sheets
9 / 19
2 / 19
DER
9
D
9
SHW
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Derby
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derby2 - 0
Derby2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Derby3 - 2
Derby3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Derby3 - 0
Derby3 - 0
Derby1 - 0
0 - 2Sheff Wed
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
Derby1 - 0
Derby3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Sheff Wed since 1996
Sheff Wed
Derby
Goals: Scored
16
24
Games: Scored
11 / 19
12 / 19
Clean sheets
7 / 19
8 / 19
DER
9
D
5
SHW
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Sheff Wed1 - 0
1 - 3Derby
1 - 2Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Derby
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Derby
1 - 2Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 1
1 - 3Derby
0 - 2Derby
0 - 1Derby
2 - 5Derby
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Derby 15th Sheff Wed 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Derby will score 1 or more goals
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Sheff Wed scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Derby’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-11
Sheff Wed have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Derby
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Wed
1.4
1
Attack rating
24%
better
DER
SHW
view stats
Games scored15
10
Failed to score2
7
Scored first8
6
Goals scored21
20
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
13
Avg. XG for1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
1%
better
DER
SHW
view stats
Games conceded13
12
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first9
9
Goals conceded22
26
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
18%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+1%

Derby v Sheff Wed Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Derby Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18435
C NelsonJ YatesN Mendez-LaingE Cashin
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Zetterström GLK16
-
K Wilson DEF131
-
C Nelson DEF182
2
-
E Cashin DEF16
5
-
C Forsyth DEF1611
2
-
E Adams MID182
5
-
N Mendez-Laing MID1823
2
-
L Thompson MID10
2
-
B Osborn MID131
2
-
M Harness MID1211
4
-
J Yates FWD1542
1
-
Subs
J Vickers GLK2
-
N Phillips DEF11
1
-
C Elder DEF111
5
-
K Goudmijn MID172
2
-
D Brown FWD81
-
T Barkhuizen FWD6
1
-
J Collins FWD12
1
-
K Jackson FWD1822
2
-
C Blackett-Taylor FWD81
1
-
Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18534
J BeadleJ WindassM JohnsonY Valery
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK18
1
-
Y Valery DEF182
4
-
D Iorfa DEF91
2
-
M Lowe DEF14
-
P Valentín DEF161
-
S Charles MID1511
3
-
B Bannan MID1831
3
-
M Johnson MID163
-
D Gassama FWD151
-
M Smith FWD1642
1
-
A Musaba FWD1613
-
Subs
B Hamer GLK
-
L Palmer DEF14
2
-
M Ihiekwe DEF4
-
G. Otegbayo DEF1
-
N Chalobah MID1
-
S Ingelsson MID121
2
-
J Windass MID1651
2
-
J Lowe FWD1322
2
-
C Paterson FWD61
-