Sunderland vs Derby County Prediction and Betting Tips | October 1, 2024 

Sunderland host Derby County at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday in the Championship. The hosts are second in the standings, with 15 points from seven matches.

They lost 2-1 to Watford. Following Wilson Isidor's second-half leveler, a clumsy challenge from Sunderland captain Dan Neil, Watford score a late winner from the spot.

Derby, meanwhile, have had their struggles on their return to the second tier. They suffered a controversial 3-2 defeat to Norwich on Saturday. Derby are 13th in the league table with nine points from seven matches.

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

• There have been 128 meetings between Sunderland and Derby, who traail 59-48.
• Sunderland are undefeated in 12 games in the fixture since February 2001.
• The Rams have managed one clean sheet in seven games in the fixture.
• The Black Cats (14) are the joint-highest-scoring side in the second tier this season.

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Sunderland vs Derby County Prediction

Sunderland have lost two of their last three league games after going undefeated in four. They have, however, won their last three home games by an aggregate scoreline of 6-0 and will head into the midweek clash as the favourites.

Derby, meanwhile, are on a run of back-to-back defeats and have lost four of their last six games across competitions. They have won one of their last eight games on the road and could see defeat this weekend.

Prediction: Sunderland 2-0 Derby

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Sunderland vs Derby County Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Sunderland

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Three of the last four matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals.)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the visitors' last five matchups.)