DERBYCOUNTYVMIDDLESBROUGH

Match insight

The current table puts distance between Derby County and Middlesbrough — a serious step up in class for whichever side is behind. Middlesbrough currently sit 21 places and 15 points above Derby County in the table — 2nd against 23rd and inside the automatic promotion places. Derby County have taken 2 points from their last 5, against 11 for Middlesbrough over the same stretch. Form and table position both point the same way here, but a class gap on paper is still no guarantee on the day for Middlesbrough against a motivated Derby County.