Sheffield Wednesday vs Derby County Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Prediction published on 26/02/2020, 22:03  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 26/02/2020 at 22:07 in Championship Prediction

Sheffield Wednesday returned to winning ways on Wednesday after a labored win over Charlton Athletic and will be looking to improve on it when they host Derby County. Going to this game, Sheffield have managed 48 points and are placed 12th while Derby are 15th with 45 points. Steven Fletcher scored the lone goal in the fifth minute of added time against Charlton Athletic to drive Sheffield back to winning ways after having gone winless in six matches. It also marked the second time in nine matches that Sheffield registered a clean sheet and they will be hoping to make it easier as they host Derby. It has not been any easier at home, at least in the last six matches; the Charlton win was the first in six home matches and the sole strike their only goal in the last five home matches. They have managed just five wins in their last 15 home matches. While they have scored just once at home in the last five matches, they have conceded nine goals in the same run. A three – game winless run against Derby will also not help; the two sides have played to 1-1 draws in their last two meetings while earlier, Derby had won 2-1.On their part, Derby are reeling from a run of four winless outings and have no clean sheet in their last six matches. They had a decent showing against QPR on Tuesday but that wasn’t enough to get them back to winning ways. This will be their second straight away game and they will try to make it better. Derby have conceded two or more goals in five of their last eight matches, a highlight of their shaky defence. However, they have failed to score in just one of their last 15 matches and in five of their last eight games, they have scored two goals or more. They have no clean sheets in the last four away matches, but have scored seven goals in the process though winning just one and losing three. They have managed just two wins in the last 15 away matches. If they can improve on the defending, they will be able to complement a performing attack, as they have scored in seven of their last eight away matches. In four of their last six away matches they have scored two or more goals.