Derby County v Aston Villa Matched Betting Tips

Derby  County v Aston Villa matched betting tips for the Championship match at Pride Park on Saturday 16th December. Read the match preview and predictions for Derby  County v Aston Villa matched betting tips.

These two sides have been in great form over the last few weeks and months, which has taken them both into play-off places in the Championship. Derby County have won their last two matches in a row, including a very impressive 3-0 win away to Barnsley on Saturday with goals from Tom Lawrence, Matej Vydra and Andreas Weimann. Aston Villa are unbeaten in five games, though the last two have been stalemates against Leeds and Millwall respectively.

Derby County Team News

Gary Rowett will be without a couple of players for this contest, but most of his squad will be available. Striker Darren Bent and defender Jason Shackell miss out, while winger Tom Lawrence will also sit the game out with an injury he picked up in the win at Barnsley. Johnny Russell is likely to start the match in his place.

Aston Villa Team News

Villa are likely to be missing a couple of players for the short trip to Pride Park. John Terry, Jonathan Kodjia, Mile Jedinak and Andre Green could sit the game out. After two successive draws, Steve Bruce may decide to make changes, including Conor Hourihane and Ahmed Elmohamady coming into the team.

Derby County v Aston Villa Team Predictions

Derby County 4-2-3-1 Formation: Carson; Baird, Keogh, Davies, Forsyth; Huddlestone, Ledley; Weimann, Vydra, Russell; Martin

Aston Villa 4-4-1-1 Formation: Johnstone, Elmohamady, Samba, Chester, Taylor; Snodgrass, Whelan, Hourihane, Adomah; Onomah; Davis

Derby County v Aston Villa Matched Betting Tips

Derby County v Aston Villa betting stats for the last ten games:

• Derby County – won 7, drawn 1, lost 2
• Aston Villa – won 5 ,drawn 3, lost 2
• Derby County have scored an average of 1.8 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
• Aston Villa have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Derby County’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Aston Villa’s previous 10 matches

Derby County v Aston Villa Goalscorer

Derby County Leading Scorers

M Vydra – played 17, scored 12, first goal 8
B Johnson – played 17, scored 4, first goal 1
D Nugent – played 18, scored 4, first goal 2

Aston Villa Leading Scorers

A Adomah – played 17, scored 10, first goal 5
C Hourihane – played 19, scored 5, first goal 2
J Onomah – played 19, scored 3, first goal 1

Derby County v Aston Villa Predictions

Derby are playing some fantastic football at the moment, and fully deserve to be 4th in the Championship. There are some great attacking players in the side and some good options for the lone striker up front. Matej Vydra is the key man.

Derby do not have a great record against Aston Villa, having not won a competitive game against The Villans since December 2001. The Rams will certainly be looking to put this right on Saturday. Amongst the victories for Villa was a famous 6-0 win at Pride Park in Derby’s record breaking Premier League season.

Aston Villa are looking good now too and Steve Bruce knows exactly how to get success at Championship level and they’ll make it tough for Derby. However, the tip is for a narrow Derby win, with a 2-1 correct score.