📊 Form Guide

Derby County

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Derby County will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-2 Championship loss in their previous game against Wrexham.

In that game, Derby County managed 52% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Derby County was Ben Brereton Díaz (34'). Wrexham had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Sam Smith (25') and Matty James (48') scored for Wrexham.

Derby County haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 8 during that time and have conceded a total of 6. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see if the trend will be sustained here in this game or not.

Leeds United

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After a loss in their previous game against Newcastle United in Premier League action, Leeds United will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Leeds United managed 37% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Leeds United, the scorers were Brenden Aaronson (32', 79') and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (45'). Newcastle United had 18 shots at goal with 8 on target. Harvey Barnes (36', 102'), Joelinton (54') and Bruno Guimarães (91') scored for Newcastle United.

Leeds United have attacked well in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 9 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Leeds United have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/05/2019 shows us that Derby County have won 1 of these games & Leeds United 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 for The Rams and 10 netted by The Whites. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Championship match day 24 on 29/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Derby County 0-1 Leeds United.

On that day, Derby County managed 39% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Leeds United got 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Brenden Aaronson (79') scored.

The match was refereed by Andy Davies.

ℹ️ Team News: Derby County

Max Johnston (Hamstring injury), David Ozoh (Thigh problems) and Carlton Morris (Leg injury) won’t be able to feature for Derby County boss John Eustace.

💡 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Derby County will need to push hard to see themselves scoring against this Leeds United team who we reckon should score one, at least.

We’re therefore seeing a very competitive game with a 0-1 win for Leeds United at the end of the match.

Expecting it to be tight.

Andre Moura, 11:07 11/01/2026