GOTW: Derby v Leeds

Just a quick post this week.

There were a couple of unexpected results last weekend.

Bolton have already won as many away games in 2018/19 as they did last season, having beating WBA 2-1 at the Hawthorns.

Both Leeds and Stoke were fancied for promotion before a ball was kicked in anger but Marcelo Bielsa’s first game in charge at Elland Road ended in a convincing 3-1 victory for the hosts.

The only televised game this weekend is Derby v Leeds (Saturday evening, 5:30pm – Sky Sports Football/Main Event at 5:15pm): the Rams have only won ten of their last home games but have beaten Leeds in eight of the last ten games where they’ve had home advantage. The visitors haven’t won an away game in the Championship since last Boxing Day and only won a point from 18 in away games against the top six last season – against Pride Park in February.

One 3pm kick off to keep an eye on though: QPR v Sheffield United. It’s early days yet but this is a bottom six clash: the Blades have lost both of their games this season and haven’t won at Loftus Road since August 2004.

Stats corner: 12 of the 14 games so far have seen both teams score, with eleven featuring over 2.5 goals. I’d say that there’s a good chance that both teams will score at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon.

The League Cup starts next week and there’ll be a recap of any notable results – good or bad – in next Friday’s post.