Derby Over 1.5 Team Goals at 7/10
Derby & Both Teams To Score at 5/2
Correct Score Prediction
Derby 2-1 at 15/2
Anytime Goal scorer Prediction
Matej Vydra To Score Anytime at 19/20
Derby are one of the form teams in the Championship right now and only leaders Wolves have collected more points from their last 8 matches. They do though have a very poor home record against Ipswich but that’s something that surely has to change sooner or later and despite that, they will really fancy they can take maximum points here and potentially move as high as 4th place.
They will take great confidence from a fine 3-0 win away to pre-season title favourites Middlesbrough on Saturday. It was almost certainly their best result since Gary Rowett took charge last season and the former Birmingham boss has really got this Rams team playing well and looking like serious promotion contenders.
One of his biggest accomplishments is getting the best out of Matej Vydra. The Czech forward you sense had lost his way a bit, having really impressed in this league with Watford netting 22 goals in the 2012/13 season and 16 more two seasons later. He’s well on his way to a similar return this time around, after his weekend hat-trick at the Riverside moved him onto 11 for the season in the league. He’s scored at least once in all of his last three games, which makes backing Vydra to score anytime look a very decent punt here.
Ipswich had their moments at Villa Park on Saturday, causing particular problems from set-pieces, which is one of their main strengths. They will fancy they can do likewise here but you do still worry about them a bit at the other end against teams of Derby’s quality.
The Tractor Boys have conceded 1.56 goals per game this term, which is the 5th worst record in the division. Away from home, that goes up to 2 goals per game. Derby meanwhile average 1.88 goals per home game and have netted exactly twice in all of their last four home league fixtures. Given that, backing Derby to score over 1.5 goals looks to offer value here.
Both teams have scored in 56% of their league games though, while a huge 78% of Ipswich away games have seen goals at both ends. That suggests we should see action at both ends in this match but Derby’s current fine form and their 62% home win ratio makes them the more likely victors and backing Derby to Win & Both Teams to Score also looks good.