Derby v Cardiff predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Derby v Cardiff predictions Championship England, England	27/11/2012 20:45	total goals	Over 2.5 goals	1.60	Bet at Unibet
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

DERBY - CARDIFF PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: BETTING STATS

League Table:
Derby P18 W7 D5 L6 Pts 26 GF28 GA26 GD+2 Average goals per game: 3.00
Cardiff P18 W12 D1 L5 Pts 37 GF36 GA24 GD+12 Average goals per game: 3.33

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Derby are a typical jekyll and hyde side, strong at home but weak away. They are capable of taking anyone on at Pride Park but generally capitulate on the road. Nigel Clough made a few changes for the visit of Birmingham at the weekend. Derby went ahead three times in the match in a game they dominated.Brum are a lively side at times though and had the Derby defence rocking. Nigel Clough has Frankie Fielding and young star Jeff Hendrick fit and rested, while forward Nathan Tyson is looking for a starting berth after his explosive 20 minute cameo to take the points.
Cardiff continued their amazing home run with a ninth straight home victory, something unprecedented across the top leagues in Europe. Outside Wales though and Cardiff tend to struggle. They made inroads to improving their form with a decent away win at lowly Barnsley. In a match they dominated from the opening whistle they ran out 2-1 winners, a scoreline that does not do them justice as they hammered the poor Tykes. 3 wins from 8 away games is not a great return and they must start winning regularly away. Midfielder Jordan Mutch returns from injury and has been missed, While defender Simon sits out after a red card on his debut means an instant suspension.

DERBY - CARDIFF: 1X2 BETTING PREVIEW

2.60 Cardiff (WillHill) is the selection in this game. Really tight game this one, Derby's superb home form cannot be discounted but I feel Cardiff are just coming into form at the right time. Away to Barnsley they were in dominant form and controlled the game from start to finish. Derby needed a late winner from Nathan Tyson to dispatch Birmingham but Cardiff are a far superior side to the Midlanders.

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DERBY - CARDIFF:ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Cardiff is the selection here 1.94 at 0 (Pinnacle) Cardiff are a better side than Derby for sure but I am slightly worried by the home form compared to the away form. I do not see Cardiff losing though so I use the Draw No Bet for the handicap selection. 1.94 for Cardiff and stake returned on the draw is preferred. Cardiff looked good away from home last time out and will go into the game with a timely confidence boost.

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DERBY - CARDIFF:TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Over 2.50 at 1.60 (Unibet) is the bet here. Two sides who tend to play open attacking football. Both sides do have decent defences on paper but concede far to many goals.Both teams look good to score so we are very likely to go over here.) Overall stats show an average of 3.16. Last 10 games shows 8 games going over 2.5 goals for an total of 37 goals. This is one of the highest averages we have seen over such a short sequence of matches. A short price but value is there.

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