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Derby County pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Tuesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 16 of the 45 previous games, with the hosts winning just 12.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was within the last three years, in September 2002, with Leicester City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Wed 11 Aug | Derby County | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Leicester City | 3 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | Leicester City | 0 - 3 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 15 Sep | Derby County | 2 - 3 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 16 Apr | Derby County | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Oct | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Derby County | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Foxes's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Derby County's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rams's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 11 against.
Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 50 points from their 43 matches. Derby County's total of 73 points from their 43 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Derby County are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Derby County | 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |