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Rotherham and Derby set for Championship basement battle

Rotherham vs Derby County - 03/02/2021

Rotherham and Derby set for Championship basement battle
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The fight for survival in the English Championship could involve close to half of the league, with just ten points separating 22nd from 13th place in the table.

Two of the teams looking to avoid the drop this season, Rotherham and Derby meet on Tuesday night in a potentially vital clash at the bottom of the table.

Rotherham are in major danger of relegation this season, as the Millers are 22nd place in the table, occupying the last relegation spot in the Championship.

Paul Warne’s team are three points from safety and cannot afford to allow the gap to 21st spot to widen. One factor in the home sides favour is that they have two games in hand on both 20th place Birmingham and 21st place Nottingham Forest.

A 3-1 home defeat by promotion-chasing Swansea last time out in the Championship ended a promising three-game unbeaten run in the English second tier.

A record of just one win in their previous six home matches in the second tier needs to improve or the team from Yorkshire could well be staring down the barrel of demotion to League One.

Derby County’s fortunes have taken an upward turn since the arrival of England record goalscorer Wayne Rooney as head coach. Rooney recently announced his retirement from playing to focus solely on managing the Rams.

His early days as a head coach have certainly offered promise and County have now won their last three league games, without conceding a goal.

The good run of form has moved the visitors five points clear of the relegation zone. Another win would see Derby County in a far more comfortable position.

Despite the visitors recent winning run, Forebet predicts that this clash will end in a low-scoring draw, which would certainly be a better result for the visitors than the home team.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
283240
2
1 - 2
3.10
2.52
3.00 3.20 2.52 1 1 1
FT
3 - 0(0 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 45 31 4 10 50
2
Leeds United 90 45 27 9 9 39
3
Ipswich Town 90 44 26 12 6 32
4
Southampton 84 45 25 9 11 23
5
Norwich City 73 45 21 10 14 16
6
West Bromwich 72 45 20 12 13 20
7
Hull City 70 45 19 13 13 9
8
Middlesbrough 66 45 19 9 17 7
9
Coventry City 64 44 17 13 14 13
10
Preston North End 63 45 18 9 18 -8
11
Bristol City 62 45 17 11 17 6
12
Cardiff City 62 45 19 5 21 -14
13
Swansea City 57 45 15 12 18 -5
14
Watford 56 45 13 17 15 2
15
Sunderland 56 45 16 8 21 0
16
Millwall 56 45 15 11 19 -11
17
QPR 53 45 14 11 20 -12
18
Stoke City 53 45 14 11 20 -15
19
Blackburn Rovers 50 45 13 11 21 -16
20
Sheffield Wednesday 50 45 14 8 23 -26
21
Plymouth Argyle 48 45 12 12 21 -12
22
Birmingham City 47 45 12 11 22 -16
23
Huddersfield 45 45 9 18 18 -27
24
Rotherham 24 45 4 12 29 -55

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