Our prediction for this Championship match:
Burnley
Match Time & Date:
10/12/2024
20:45
Prediction: 2-1
Derby
Following a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough, Burnley will look to return to winning ways when they take on Derby County on Matchday 20. The Clarets are after their sixth home win of the process and it has to be noted that they have yet to suffer a loss at their Turf Moor this term. Midfielder Hannibal Mejbri is banned for the match, while all Foster, Beyer, Manuel Hedilazio, and Ramsey continue to miss out with injuries. John Egan is a major doubt after limping off with injury in the last league match.
Meanwhile, the Rams are on a three-game losing run in the Championship. Derby County have been struggling at the back of late and seeing that Burnley are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we are tempted to bet on Scott Parker’s troops. The likes of Chirewa, Nyambe, and Rooney are out of contention with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Jay Rodríguez):
Having progressed through the youth ranks of his hometown club Burnley, Jay Rodriguez was rewarded with a professional debut against Bristol City in December 2007 as an 18-year-old boy. It wasn’t until the 2008/09 season when he began to show glimpses of proper promise for the Clarets, however.
With 15 goals and six assists in 37 Championship outings in 2011/12 campaign, Jay Rodriguez caught the eye of several Premier League clubs and it was Southampton who pounced for his signature in a £7 million deal. Six goals and eight assist in his debut Premier League season were followed by a breakthrough record of 15 goals and three assists in 33 matches of the 2013/14 campaign.
An unfortunate cruciate ligament injury sustained in April 2014 halted his progress as he sat through the entire 2014/15 season. It did not prevent West Bromwich Albion from making a move for Rodriguez in 2017, making him the first signing of the summer transfer window, worth a reported £12 million. The WBA forward features only once for England U21 in 2011 and made a single senior appearance – in a 2-0 defeat to Chile in November 2013.
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.
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