Match Preview

Today’s Reading vs Derby County preview explores an interesting looking Championship fixture between a club with relegation worries and a team in the thick of the race for the second automatic promotion spot. As you can imagine, the teams come into the game in very different form, and the Rams are well worth their pre-match favourite tags with the bookmakers.

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In the weeks leading up to today’s Reading vs Derby County betting tips, the home team have won only one of their last six. Their overall poor form is further compounded when we take a glance at their recent results at the Madejski Stadium. Incredibly, Reading haven’t won any of their last five fixtures at their own ground and they will be looking to avoid their fifth straight defeat there this weekend.

Derby County currently sit in the fourth position, though a victory on Saturday could launch them into second place depending on how things develop elsewhere. The Rams have been utterly brilliant away from home in 2017/18 – only leaders Wolves have collected more points than Gary Rowett’s men on the road during their excellent campaign. Rowett did have to watch his team come undone at Sheffield Wednesday in mid-week however. Check out our English football bets for today in the next section.

Reading vs Derby County Prediction and Betting Advice

We brushed over it a little earlier, but the Rams lost 0-2 away to Sheffield Wednesday in their fixture just prior to today’s Reading vs Derby County bets. However, that poor result stands as an isolated negative in what’s been an incredibly positive season on the road for Gary Rowett’s promotion chasers.

That loss at Hillsborough was the Rams only away defeat in their last twelve Championship fixtures. In total, they have lost only three of their sixteen away trips in the league in 2017/18, making them the second strongest team on their travels in the competition behind Wolves. This weekend they travel to play a club who are having a tough time of it on their own patch.

The Royals haven’t won any of their last five at the Madejski Stadium, losing the last four contests in succession there during an extremely miserable run. Dutch coach Jaap Stam is on the verge of being sacked by Reading and another couple of poor results at home could seal his fate. We’re tipping the Rams to crank up the pressure on the former Man Utd star on Saturday. Betfair’s Championship football odds for the away victory are too good to ignore, so we strongly recommend considering them.

To go along with their terrible results at the Madejski Stadium, the Royals have been returning miserable numbers in front of goal ahead of this week’s Reading vs Derby County predictions. Stam’s attackers have failed to score in three consecutive home matches now, putting zeroes on the scoreboard against Birmingham, Brentford and Millwall in recent weeks.

In total, there were under 2.5 goals scored in six of their last eight fixtures at their own ground. Their opponents this week have had to endure their own struggles in the final third over the past month. In four of the Ram’s last five contests, the under 2.5 goal limit wasn’t reached. In fact, Rowett’s troops failed to score in three of those games.

With both teams stuttering in the attack, it might just take a single goal to swing this contest in one direction or the other. As good as Derby have been away from Pride Park this term, they have averaged just 1.3 goals per game on the road. It makes sense then, to expect another low scoring affair at the Madejski on Saturday and you can back that outcome using the fabulous odds we located at Sunbets.