Derby vs Preston

2 April 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee S Martin

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Craig Forsyth 48’
  • Jerry Yates 52’

Match summary

Derby beat Preston 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Craig Forsyth put Derby ahead from a corner in the 48th minute and Jerry Yates made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Derby created 0.74 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Preston's 0.31 from 5.

Match stats

Derby Preston
7 Shots 5
2 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.74 xG 0.30
0.74 Non-penalty xG 0.30

Key events

Derby Preston
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Craig Forsyth1-0 (Derby)
48’
Jerry Yates2-0 (Derby)
52’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Derby
  • Liam Thompson
Preston
  • Mads Frøkjær
  • Robbie Brady

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.31 48’ Craig Forsyth (Derby), 1-0 48’ 52’ Jerry Yates (Derby), 2-0 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.31 48’ Craig Forsyth (Derby), 1-0 Forsyth 48’ 52’ Jerry Yates (Derby), 2-0 Yates 52’
Derby 0.74 xGPreston 0.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Preston attacking Derby attacking 
52’ Jerry Yates (Derby), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 52’ Nathaniel Phillips (Derby), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 61’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 2’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 83’ Marcus Harness (Derby), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Craig Forsyth (Derby), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 27’ Marcus Harness (Derby), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Harrison Armstrong (Derby), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Marcus Harness (Derby), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Jerry Yates (Derby), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 52’ Nathaniel Phillips (Derby), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 61’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 2’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 83’ Marcus Harness (Derby), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Milutin Osmajić (Preston), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Craig Forsyth (Derby), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 27’ Marcus Harness (Derby), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Harrison Armstrong (Derby), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Marcus Harness (Derby), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.14 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 0.05 – – –
Ryan Nyambe Taken off
4′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Liam Thompson Taken off
70′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Marcus Harness Taken off
90′ – – 3 0.15 – – –
Jerry Yates
90′ 1 – 1 0.35 – – –
Kane Wilson Came on as a substitute
86′ – – – – – – –
Kayden Jackson Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Derby win 43% Avg odds 2.20
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.97
Preston win 25% Avg odds 3.80

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.