Week 42 brings us a match on Apr 15th, where Fulham will travel to Derby to battle Derby County in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. 23rd placed Derby County is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Swansea City. Joel Piroe scored the first goal for Swansea City in the 8th minute, then Joel Piroe added another in the 16th minute. Derby County looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while fulham sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Coventry City. Michael Rose struck first for Coventry City in the 20th minute, then Viktor Gyökeres added another in the 24th minute. Fulham should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Derby County and Fulham last played eachother at the Craven Cottage on Wed Nov 24th. Fulham and Derby County battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Fulham nor Derby County could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Fulham’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandar Mitrović. The Serbian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. For Derby County, their top scorers are Ravel Morrison and Tom Lawrence, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.