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West Ham Utd. are ready to welcome Derby County to Boleyn Ground on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 36 games played, Hammers have recorded 14 wins, and Derby County have come away with 6 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Boleyn Ground was more than three years back, in January 2005, with Derby County inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Hammers in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | Derby County | 0 - 5 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 23 Jan | West Ham Utd. | 1-2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 29 Sep | Derby County | 1 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Derby County | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 4 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Derby County | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Hammers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The away form of Derby County is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Rams have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
West Ham Utd.'s 44 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Derby County find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 34 games have yielded only 11 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Derby County | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Hammers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Derby County. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Derby County | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 18 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 31 most recent games. |