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Leicester City face a trip to Derby County at Pride Park at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Foxes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 29 and win only 11 of the 47 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, the Rams carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 13 Nov | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 27 Mar | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 06 Apr | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Rams have scored 6, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Foxes have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 35 points from their 29 matches. Leicester City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 45 from their 30 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its been an indifferent run of form for the Foxes of late away from home, but your FootyMad panel sees things improving, starting here at Pride Park with Leicester City coasting to victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Leicester City | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |