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Championship · 2026/2027 · provider tag opta

Derby County

23rd on points, with 10. 24th on season xG difference. 15 league matches, 16.16 xG for, 29.85 against, goal difference -16.

Season xGD
-13.69
GF minus xG
-2.16
Last 10 xGD
-6.99
xG per match
1.08

Chances and goals

Goals for xG for Goals against xG against
08152330

Cumulative league totals. A line pulling away from its pair is a gap between goals and chances, not a verdict.

Ratings that feed the price

Attack is xG for divided by the league’s home or away average. Defence is xG against divided by what the opposition usually creates in that venue. Both are shrunk towards the league with four phantom matches, so two bright afternoons cannot set the price on their own. Home attack 0.82 from 8 home matches. Home defence 1.28. Away attack 0.82 from 7 away matches. Away defence 1.20.

Next in the eight-day window: Southampton v Derby County, Sat 21 Nov, 12:30. The model’s fair prices are home 62.6% (3/5), draw 19.6% (45/11), away 17.7% (51/11). λ 2.21, μ 1.09. That is a method. It is not a selection.

No regression flag. The gap between goals and xG is inside the line used from matchweek 8.

League matches

Derby County league matches with xG
DateH/AOpponentScorexGxGAGF−xG
6 NovHBolton Wanderers3-12.071.86+0.93
3 NovHNorwich City0-40.692.40-0.69
31 OctAMillwall1-41.253.73-0.25
24 OctASheffield United1-11.162.99-0.16
17 OctHStoke City0-11.140.59-1.14
14 OctAQueens Park Rangers1-40.961.96+0.04
10 OctHWrexham1-10.601.46+0.40
19 SeptABurnley1-11.750.45-0.75
12 SeptHBirmingham City1-21.113.17-0.11
9 SeptHWest Bromwich Albion0-11.270.38-1.27
5 SeptAWest Ham United0-30.113.79-0.11
1 SeptAPortsmouth2-00.550.84+1.45
29 AugHSwansea City0-30.703.00-0.70
22 AugHCardiff City2-21.802.26+0.20
15 AugACharlton Athletic1-21.000.970.00

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