History indicates only one victor between Derby County and Preston North End

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Derby County and Preston North End are set to do battle this weekend in the Championship, with the stats pointing to only one winner between the pair at Pride Park.

Preston North End have made the better start to this Championship campaign, as they currently occupy eighth after two wins and two draws in their opening five fixtures.

Meanwhile, Derby County are looking to build on their first victory of the season last weekend, when they beat West Brom 1-0.

While both sides will be looking to secure another win to climb the Championship table, the stats and history between these two sides point to only one victor this weekend.

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Stats point to Derby County beating Preston North End this weekend

Stats point to a Derby County victory this weekend in the Championship, as they have an incredibly strong record against Preston North End.

Derby have lost just one of their last 15 home league games to Preston, winning nine and drawing five in the process, with five of the last six of these fixtures seeing the Rams earn a clean sheet.

Meanwhile, across the last 20 league fixtures, Preston have only won two, losing 12 across this period; their two wins came in the 2020-21 season.

This record demonstrates just how dominant Derby have been against Preston recently; however, the visitors this weekend may hope their good league form this campaign will help them end this poor record.

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Preston’s managerial celebration record may be their downfall against Derby this weekend

Paul Heckingbottom is set to take charge of his 50th Championship game as Preston manager, which has not been a good omen for the club securing victories.

Only one of the last eight managers who have celebrated this anniversary at Preston have secured victory.

The last manager to secure a victory on this half-century of Championship games in charge of Preston was Alan Irvine, when he secured a 2-0 win over Bristol City in 2008.

Heckingbottom will look to buck the current trend; however, this poor record adds to their tough period when facing Derby.