Our prediction for this Championship match:
Fulham
Match Time & Date:
24/11/2021
20:45
Prediction: 3-1
Derby
High-flying Fulham will be aiming to cement their spot in top two when they host Derby County to their Craven Cottage. The Cottagers look unstoppable at the moment, with the team eyeing their eighth consecutive league win, and, no doubt, they will continue to rely on Serbia ace Aleksandar Mitrovic. “Mitro” has been scoring goals for fun of late, and he is likely to prove a handful for the opposition back-line.
Both Ivan Cavaleiro and Nathaniel Chalobah are sidelined with injuries. The Rams, on the other hand, are having a nightmare season as they were deducted 21 points due to financial problems. Wayne Rooney’s troops are 15 points behind the “safe zone”, and even though they defeated promotion-chasing Bournemouth at the weekend, we are tempted to put our money on the Cottagers. Nathan Byrne misses out through suspension, while both Krystian Bielik and Sam Baldock are in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
Highlighted Team (Derby):
Derby County is one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. However, nowadays the Rams compete in the Championship and they play their home matches at Pride Park Stadium. Derby County have won the two trophies in the English top flight (1971/1972, 1974/1975), with the team lifting the FA Cup trophy just after the World War II (1946).
Derby’s main rivals are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United, but the rivalry between Forest and Derby is regarded as the biggest one.
The two teams take on each other in the East Midlands derby. The colour of Derby’s shirts is white, whilst their shorts are black. It has to be noted that the club was founded in 1884 by William Morley. The Rams competed in the European competitions four times, but they did not record a notable result in the European Cups. The club’s chairman is Mel Morris.
