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Derby County face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 34 out of 52 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2008, with Preston N.E. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 26 Dec | Preston N.E. | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 25 Nov | Derby County | 2 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 26 Aug | Preston N.E. | 0 - 1 | Derby County | LGEC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Derby County | 1 - 4 | Preston N.E. | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 01 Jan | Preston N.E. | 1 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While North End have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Derby County is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Rams have conceded 11 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Preston N.E. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 25 points from their 19 games played so far, Derby County find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 21 points from their 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Derby County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Derby County on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Preston N.E.. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Derby County | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 12 away matches. |