Bristol City vs Derby County Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

This game sees the teenager that can’t stop scoring take on the team that can’t find a goal for love nor money. Bristol City’s 18 year old forward Tammy Abraham has 6 Championship goals this season following his loan move from Chelsea. Derby County have just 1.

It’s been a woeful start for Nigel Pearson at the Rams and he saw his side beaten again in midweek, with Ipswich winning 1-0 at the iPro. That was their 3rd straight Championship defeat following a 1-0 loss at local rivals Burton and 2-0 defeat at home to recently relegated Newcastle. Their failure to convert is a bit of a mystery, as there is some quality in a squad that was expected to at least be in serious play-off contention but the longer this run goes on, the further they will fall off the pace.

Bristol City have got one eye on a potential play-off challenge themselves. They’ve had a really tough set of opening fixtures which has seen them play all the sides that were in the top flight last term, as well as travel to Play-Off finalists Sheffield Wednesday, which they did in midweek. Two goals from Abraham gave them a 2-0 lead at the interval but a Second Half collapse saw the Owls fight back to win 3-2 and that would’ve been a tough loss for Lee Johnson and his side to take, particularly given that Wednesday’s winner came in the 6th minute of stoppage time.

Once the dust settles on that though, they will realise there’s little time to lick their wounds, as is rarely the case in this league. A home game with Derby right now presents a really good opportunity to pick up 3 points. Derby are looking hopeless in front of goal so it’s hard to understand why the bookies are struggling to decide on a favourite for this match.

Bristol City have won 5 of their last 8 Championship home games, scoring 22 goals in the process, so backing Bristol City 0.0 Asian Handicap at 1.900 looks clearly the best approach here.