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Derby County prepare to entertain Sheffield United at Pride Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 31 wins out of 46 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Pride Park was less than a year ago, in January 2004, with Derby County running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 23 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 28 Jan | Derby County | 2-0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 30 Oct | Derby County | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 02 Dec | Derby County | 4 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 07 Oct | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 04 Feb | Derby County | 2 - 3 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Rams in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Blades have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. While the Blades have hit 11 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 29 points from their 19 games so far. Sheff. Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 28 from their 19 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Sheff. Utd. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Rams in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Sheff. Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |