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Newcastle Utd. play host to Derby County at St. James' Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Magpies are clearly on top, having won 32 and lost only 13 of the 59 games.
The last time the two teams met at Newcastle Utd. was back in November 2001, over five years ago, the Magpies carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Mon 17 Sep | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Derby County | 2 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 24 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1-0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Derby County | 2 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 23 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 2 | Derby County | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 May | Derby County | 0 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 25 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Magpies's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
The away form of Derby County is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Rams have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Newcastle Utd.'s 25 points from 17 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 17 games have yielded only 6 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Derby County | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Magpies's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Derby County. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Derby County | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 7 games. No win in the 11 most recent games. |