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Championship | Gameweek 41
Jul 4, 2020 at 12.30pm UK
Pride Park Stadium
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Derby
1 - 1
Nott'm Forest

Martin (90+6')
Sibley (80')
Waghorn (90+3')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Lolley (12')
Ameobi (90+1'), Ribeiro (90+3'), Worrall (90+6')

Preview: Derby County vs. Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship meeting between Derby County and Nottingham Forest, including team news and predicted lineups.

Derby County play host to East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon having put together a five-match winning streak in the Championship.

While the Rams sit one point adrift of the playoffs, Forest hold a seven-point advantage over their next opponents in the standings.


Match preview

Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi on February 1, 2020© Reuters

Before the coronavirus pandemic brought a halt to games around Europe, Derby had recorded convincing wins against Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers, results which would have undoubtedly impressed Philip Cocu.

However, the Dutchman will have taken more pride from his team securing three victories over Millwall, Reading and Preston North End by smaller margins at an important period of their campaign.

The victory over the latter, courtesy of a sublime Wayne Rooney free kick, has moved the Rams to within one point of Cardiff City, another team who have improved either side of lockdown.

Cocu will reiterate to his players that they can only focus on their own business, hoping that the Bluebirds do not continue with their five-match unbeaten streak.

Nevertheless, if Derby can somehow prevail in their next half-a-dozen outings, taking their winning streak to 11 matches, the teams further up the standings will begin to worry about their long-standing positions in the top six.

One of the clubs in question is Derby's East Midlands rivals Forest, who have required a seven-point haul from three matches just to keep hold of fourth spot.

Victories over Huddersfield Town and Bristol City have come at a time when Sabri Lamouchi has been provided with a new contract at the City Ground, something which the majority of supporters will feel is fully deserved.

However, defeat at Pride Park on Saturday afternoon would leave Forest holding just a four-point lead over their biggest foes, as well as providing Cardiff with the opportunity to close the gap.

With one more setback likely leaving automatic promotion out of the equation, it puts Lamouchi and his players under pressure to at least avoid defeat at the weekend if they want to maintain some breathing space between themselves and the chasing pack.

Derby County Championship form: LWWWWW

Nottingham Forest Championship form: WDLDWW


Team News

Derby County's Andre Wisdom in action on February 25, 2020© Reuters

Derby will continue to be without Andre Wisdom, who is continuing his recovery after being stabbed in Liverpool last weekend.

Tom Lawrence is also missing as he serves the second of his three-match ban, a result of a final-whistle exchange with Reading's Matt Miazga.

Aside from Craig Forsyth replacing the injured Jayden Bogle, Cocu could decide to name the same starting lineup.

Forest pair Matty Cash and Joe Lolley will likely have to pass fitness tests after sustaining knocks against Bristol in midweek.

Nuno da Costa is in line for his first start in a Forest shirt if the latter does not shake off his injury concern.

Derby County possible starting lineup:
Hamer; Lowe, Evans, Clarke, Forsyth; Rooney, Bird; Holmes, Sibley, Knight; Waghorn

Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Samba; Cash, Figueiredo, Worrall, Ribeiro; Yates, Watson; Lolley, Silva, Ameobi; Grabban


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We say: Derby County 2-1 Nottingham Forest

All things considered, this is an extremely difficult match to call. However, despite Forest's recent improvement, we cannot back against Derby at this time, who we feel will be able to battle their way to a narrow win.



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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Derby County win with a probability of 49.62%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 25.61% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Derby County win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.51%) and 2-0 (8.74%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (7.29%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.77%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood.


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