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Derby County

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Derby County, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-1 Championship triumph over Blackburn Rovers.

In that match, Derby County had 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Derby County, the goalscorers were Ben Brereton Díaz (55'), Matt Clarke (74') and Rhian Brewster (82'). Blackburn Rovers got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Hayden Carter (45') was the scorer for Blackburn Rovers.

Matches featuring Derby County have often been lively ones of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum total of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to Derby County. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.

Coming into this fixture, Derby County are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Sheffield Wednesday

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Southampton in Championship competition, Sheffield Wednesday will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Sheffield Wednesday had 37% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sheffield Wednesday was Jerry Yates (57'). On the other side, Southampton got 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. James Bree (17'), Ryan Manning (45') and Taylor Harwood-Bellis (71') scored for Southampton.

It has become apparent that Sheffield Wednesday have struggled for goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those matches, The Owls have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 14.

Their prior results show that Sheffield Wednesday:

• remain unbeaten by Derby County when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• have not won away from home in their last 14 league games. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 08/05/2021 shows us that Derby County have won 1 of these & Sheffield Wednesday 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 for The Rams and 10 for The Owls. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league meeting between these sides was Championship match day 21 on 15/12/2025 when the final score was Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Derby County.

On that occasion, Sheffield Wednesday managed 60% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Derby County got 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Patrick Agyemang (32', 62') and Liam Thompson (57') scored.

The match was refereed by Lewis Smith.

🗞️ Team News: Derby County

In all likelihood, The Rams may well use a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Josh Vickers, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Bobby Clark, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Samuel Szmodics, Patrick Agyemang and Carlton Morris.

🗞️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

We’re of the thinking that The Owls will likely play in a 3-1-4-2 lineup, starting the game with Logan Stretch, Dominic Iorfa, Gabriel Otegbayo, Liam Palmer, Nathaniel Chalobah, Sean Fusire, Charlie McNeill, Svante Ingelsson, Omotayo Adaramola, Jamal Lowe and Jerry Yates.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Derby County will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Sheffield Wednesday are also probably going to find it difficult to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be hitting back at some stage.

We’re predicting a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Derby County after 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 14:02 07/03/2026