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Derby County pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 16 of the 48 previous games, with the hosts winning just 13.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was within the last three years, in April 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Fri 06 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 26 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 11 Aug | Derby County | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City 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, 9 to 7.
The away form of Derby County is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Rams have hit 6 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Leicester City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 17 points from their 11 games so far. Derby County find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 13 points from their 11 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Derby County | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rams are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Leicester City. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Derby County | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |