Our prediction for this Championship match:
Sheffield United
Match Time & Date:
21/09/2024
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
Derby
Following back-to-back wins over Watford and Hull City, Sheffield United will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Derby County on Saturday afternoon. The Blades have been showing signs of improvement of late, but they need to keep on making progress if they are to return to the Premier League at the end of the season. Sam McCallum is pushing for a start as Gustavo Hamer limped off with injury in the last league match.
The Rams, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cardiff City, but given their difficulties on the road, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the in-form hosts. Defender Jack Robinson should be the only absentee in the away team. In their last away game in the Championship Derby County suffered a 2-1 loss to Watford.
Highlighted Player (Oliver Norwood):
Oliver Norwood is a Reading midfielder who began his youth career at Manchester United. Norwood made his debut for the reserve team against Middlesbrough in November, 2007, but he did not get a chance to play for the first team. After ending his loan spell with Coventry City in 2012, the 180-cm-tall midfielder signed a contract with Huddersfield Town.
Oliver Norwood scored eight goals in 80 league appearances for the club between 2012 and 2014. Later in 2014 he joined Reading for an undisclosed fee and he made his debut for the Royals against Nottingham Forest on 23 August, 2014.
Norwood was born in Burnley, England and he has six caps for England U16 team. He played three games for the U17 team as well, but he then decided to represent Northern Ireland as his heritage is Northern Irish. Norwood made his debut for the Green and White Army on 11 August, 2010, in a 2-0 loss to Montenegro. He replaced Sammy Clingan in the second half of the match.
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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