Two sides looking to put some distance between themselves and the relegation zone face each other this Friday.
20:00 Friday
Two of the newly promoted sides in the Championship meet at Pride Park with Portsmouth looking to extend their five game unbeaten run when they travel to face Derby.
Derby vs Portsmouth Prediction
Derby struggled to create in the final third against the Championship's best defence on Tuesday night, but Jacob Zetterström kept a clean sheet as the Rams walked away from Turf Moor with a point.
Paul Warne will now hope that his side can end a six-match winless streak when Portsmouth visit Pride Park on Friday night.
Portsmouth carried some momentum over from their dominant win against Bristol City, attempting 15 shots in a goalless draw against Norwich at Fratton Park.
John Mousinho's side are unbeaten in four league games ahead of the trip to Derbyshire.
Score Prediction: Derby 1-1 Portsmouth
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Derby vs Portsmouth Lineups
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Derby Predicted Lineup vs Portsmouth
Zetterström, Elder, Nelson, Cashin, Wilson, Goudmijn, Thompson, Adams, Méndez-Laing, Yates, Jackson
Portsmouth Predicted Lineup vs Derby
Schmid, Ogilvie, Pack, McIntyre, Devlin, Potts, Dozzell, Murphy, Lang, Ritchie, Bishop
Derby vs Portsmouth Team News
- Paul Warne will likely return to a 4-3-3 system for the visit of Portsmouth on Friday night.
- Kane Wilson is expected to start ahead of Joe Ward at right-back, while Kayden Jackson and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing should return out wide.
- Andre Dozzell and Callum Lang should both return to the Portsmouth starting XI on Friday after serving one-match suspensions in midweek.
- Centre-back Regan Poole is a doubt for the game against Derby after suffering a hamstring injury on Tuesday night.
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Derby vs Portsmouth Odds
| Result | Odds | Implied probability |
|---|---|---|
| Derby | 23/20 | 47% |
| Odds | 12/5 | 29% |
| Portsmouth | 16/5 | 24% |
Derby vs Portsmouth Bet Builder Tips
Our Bet Builder Tips for Derby vs Portsmouth features the match result to be a draw, Josh Murphy to score and Ebou Adams over 1.5 fouls.
At the time of publishing it is a best price of 22/1 with Paddy Power.
Both of these sides have been hard to beat this season but neither of them have shown a cutting edge. Derby have drawn six of their last 11 games and Portsmouth have drawn five of their last 12.
Portsmouth come into this game with better form but Derby faced league leaders Leeds in their last loss and only lost by one goal in the two games before that.
Though Portsmouth have the form in this game, Derby have only lost three at home all season and in a game where both sides won't want to give points to a potenial relegation candidate I can see this being a cagey affair that ends in a draw.
Josh Murphy has hit a rich vein of form scoring in three of his last four games and picking up four goals and two assists in his last six. In the form he is in I wouldn't be surprised to see him bag tonight.
Tasked with stopping Murphy, who averages 3.33 take ones per 90 and draws 1.98 fouls a game, is Ebou Adams who averages 2.24 fouls a game and has a foul record of 4,3,0,3,2,4,2,2,2,2 in recent games.
