Derby County - Blackburn Rovers 04/08/2013 16:00 BST

In the meetings between these two teams Blackburn definitely dominates, as the last loss to Derby was in 2001. The previous season, however, was quite frustrating for the supporters of Blackburn, due to their favourite team finishing at 17th place. Rovers had great difficulties in their matches as a guest, as the team has lost 9 of its last 10 visits in the Championship.

Derby, in turn, was relying last season mostly on young players, who were preserved. Therefore, now we should expect Derby County to be even more well-organized team. Will Hughes, who was claimed to be highly desired by some of the top teams in the Premier League remains in Derby and this certainly delights the supporters of the team. 7 points separated Derby of the playoffs for qualifying for the Premiership and this year no doubt this will be the main goals of the "The Rams".

The Blackburn fans also strongly want to see their favourite team again among the elite of the English football. The team managed to sign some new quality players, with whom to pursue this goal. Whether the strong advantage of Blackburn in these meetings will have its influence and Rovers will win again, or the ambitious team of the hosts will finally be able to prevail in this clash, remains to be seen. This tends to be an interesting match, in which it is quite likely we will witness at least 2 goals.