DerbyAttacking momentumBlackburn
Preview
- Anticipation builds as Derby County prepare to host Blackburn Rovers at Pride Park Stadium on 2026-02-28 (kick-off 12:30 GMT), in week 35 of the 2025-2026 Championship.
- On average in 4 games, Referee L. Doughty registers 7-8 yellows and 0 reds, and 20 fouls.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between J. Eustace and Damien Johnson.
- Derby County are 11th in the standings with 48 points, followed by Blackburn Rovers in 20th on 38 points.
- Derby County misses 6 players: M. Johnston (Hamstring Injury), S. Langas (Hamstring Injury), J. Widell Zetterstrom (Illness), J. Banel (Inactive), L. Salvesen (Inactive), L. Thompson (Inactive) whereas Blackburn Rovers misses 8 players: T. Cantwell (Injury), A. Kargbo (Leg Injury), M. Litherland (Injury), L. Miller (Achilles Tendon Injury), A. Pears (Injury), S. Tavares (Knee Injury), S. Wharton (Achilles Tendon Injury), R. Hedges (Injury).
- Our forecast has Derby County in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Blackburn Rovers set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Derby County lost 2-4 to Hull City, and Blackburn Rovers were defeated 1-2 by Bristol City.
- Momentum favors Blackburn Rovers (3-0-2) after Derby County managed only 2-0-3 from 5 matches.
- Blackburn Rovers hold the upper hand H2H: of 24 meetings, they've triumphed 13 times, conceded 6 times and shared 5 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Derby County's 1.24 goals/game at home balance out Blackburn Rovers's 0.94 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Derby
Blackburn
Events
| 36' | S. Szmodics | ||
| 36' | A. Forshaw | ||
| 45' | L. Travis | ||
| 45+1' | 0 - 1 | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 46' | B. Clark | ||
| 55' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 56' | |||
| 58' | E. Cashin | ||
| 60' | Y. Ribeiro | ||
| 62' | |||
| 69' | |||
| 69' | |||
| 74' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 79' | H. Carter | ||
| 80' | |||
| 80' | |||
| 80' | |||
| 82' | 3 - 1 | ||
| 87' | |||
| 87' | |||
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Derby is going head to head with Blackburn on 28/2/2026 12:30 GMT at Pride Park Stadium for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Derby v Blackburn H2H statistics!