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Derby County are ready to welcome Barnsley to Pride Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 17 wins out of 26 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Pride Park was within the last three years, in November 2006, the Rams carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 01 Nov | Derby County | 2-1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 28 Dec | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 30 Aug | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 09 Dec | Derby County | 4 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 23 Sep | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 10.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Tykes have hit 4 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 37 matches. Barnsley are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 43 from their 37 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is certainly an intriguing match for the Rams, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | 8 games since last away draw. |