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Derby County are ready to welcome Sheffield United to Pride Park at tea-time on Saturday, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 32 wins out of 49 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Pride Park was within the last three years, in February 2006, with Sheff. Utd. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Rams in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 01 Feb | Derby County | 0-1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 15 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Derby County | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While Rams have scored 5, a worringly large 19 have been leaked at the other end.
Sheff. Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Derby County find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 4 games have yielded only 1 points. Sheff. Utd.'s total of 7 points from their 4 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 |
| Derby County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Rams at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the The Blades come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Sheff. Utd. | 9 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |