Derby County vs Middlesbrough Prediction and Betting Tips | August 17th 2024

Derby County will host Middlesbrough at the Pride Park Stadium on Saturday in the second round of the 2024-25 EFL Championship campaign. The home side kicked off their league campaign with a 4-2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers and now sit 18th in the league table.

However, they returned to winning ways during the week, beating Chesterfield 2-1 in the first round of the Carabao Cup, with Liam Thompson and summer signing Kayden Jackson getting on the scoresheet in either half to help the Rams overturn a one-goal deficit.

Meanwhile, Middlesbrough faced Swansea City in their Championship opener last week, picking up a 1-0 win with Emmanuel Latte Lath scoring the sole goal of the game from the spot in the first half.

Like their opponents, Boro were in action during the week, facing Leeds United at Elland Road in their cup opener. Michael Carrick's men won the game 3-0 with three different players getting on the scoresheet including new signing Delano Burgzorg who netted his maiden goal for the club.

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Derby County vs Middlesbrough Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Historically, there have been 152 meetings between Derby and Middlesbrough. The hosts have won 51 of those games while the visitors have won 66 times. There have been 35 draws between the two teams.
• The visitors have lost just one of their last four games in this fixture and two of their last nine.
• Derby have managed just one clean sheet in their last five games in this fixture.
• The Rams are without a clean sheet in their last six games.
• Middlesbrough were one of six teams in the English second-tier to keep a clean sheet on opening day.

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Derby County vs Middlesbrough Prediction

Derby have won four of their last five competitive outings and have lost just one of their last eight. They have won their last seven games at Pride Park and will be looking forward to the weekend clash.

Middlesbrough, meanwhile, have built on their impressive pre-season showing and begun their promotion charge on a high. They are undefeated in their last seven games on the road and should come out on top here.

Prediction: Derby County 1-3 Middlesbrough

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Derby County vs Middlesbrough Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Middlesbrough to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the last five matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in each of the hosts' last five matchups)