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Preston N.E. face a trip to Derby County at Pride Park at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The North End will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2004, with Derby County annihilating their visitors 5 - 1 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Preston N.E. | 3 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Derby County | 5 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Preston N.E. | 3 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Preston N.E. | 4 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | Derby County | 0 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Wed 13 Mar | Derby County | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 08 Sep | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Derby County | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Rams in those games, with 5 conceded.
The North End have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The North End's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Derby County's total of 73 points from their 45 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Preston N.E. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 75 points from 45 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the North End to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Preston N.E. | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |