Season Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Goals scored 0.88 – 1
Expected goals 0.91 – 1.11
Shots 12.3 – 11.3
Possession 49.4% – 50.3% Story Comparison H2H Evidence More football 30-second read
What the record shows The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
Metric comparison
Team comparison Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Where the edge is Season: Derby County favored in 2 of 13 directional metrics · Wrexham in 10 · 1 too close
▲ recorded edge● higher value (descriptive) too close
Season Last 10 Last 5 Home–Away Style profile Rest and recent workload
Derby County 8 matches Wrexham 7 matches
0.88 goals/match Goals scored8/7 ▲ 1 goal/match
1.75 goals/match Goals allowed8/7 ▲ 1.57 goals/match
0.91 xG/match Expected goals8/7 ▲ 1.11 xG/match
12.3 shots/match ▲ Shots8/7 11.3 shots/match
3.63 shots/match ▲ Shots on target8/7 3.43 shots/match
49.4% Possession8/7 ● 50.3%
6.38 corners/match ● Corners8/7 5.14 corners/match
13.3 fouls/match Fouls8/7 11.6 fouls/match
Derby County 8 matches Wrexham 7 matches
0.88 goals/match Goals scored8/7 ▲ 1 goal/match
1.75 goals/match Goals allowed8/7 ▲ 1.57 goals/match
0.91 xG/match Expected goals8/7 ▲ 1.11 xG/match
12.3 shots/match ▲ Shots8/7 11.3 shots/match
3.63 shots/match ▲ Shots on target8/7 3.43 shots/match
49.4% Possession8/7 ● 50.3%
6.38 corners/match ● Corners8/7 5.14 corners/match
13.3 fouls/match Fouls8/7 11.6 fouls/match
Derby County 5 matches Wrexham 5 matches
0.8 goals/match Goals scored5/5 ▲ 1 goal/match
1.4 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed5/5 1.8 goals/match
0.81 xG/match Expected goals5/5 ▲ 0.93 xG/match
12 shots/match ▲ Shots5/5 9.8 shots/match
3.6 shots/match ▲ Shots on target5/5 2.8 shots/match
7 corners/match ● Corners5/5 3.4 corners/match
12.6 fouls/match Fouls5/5 11 fouls/match
Derby County 4 matches Wrexham 4 matches
0.75 goals/match Goals scored4/4 ▲ 1 goal/match
2 goals/match Goals allowed4/4 ▲ 1.75 goals/match
1.11 xG/match ▲ Expected goals4/4 0.87 xG/match
13.5 shots/match ▲ Shots4/4 10.8 shots/match
3.5 shots/match ▲ Shots on target4/4 3.25 shots/match
52.3% ● Possession4/4 44.8%
8.25 corners/match ● Corners4/4 4.75 corners/match
12 fouls/match Fouls4/4 11.8 fouls/match
Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.
Possession control Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Attacking volume Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Defensive resistance Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Directness proxy Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Physicality Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50% Set-piece relevance Corner volume relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Tempo and pressure proxy Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 0 matches 21 days Rest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/1 28.8 days
Derby County / Wrexham
History
Head-to-head Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
0 Derby County
1 Draws
1 Wrexham
4 Jan 2026 Derby County — Wrexham · Championship 1–2
27 Sept 2025 Wrexham — Derby County · Championship 1–1
Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis Grade B · Useful evidence Useful evidence — limited
Season samples 8 / 7 home / away teams
Recent samples 5 / 5 last-five windows
Freshness 29 days stale at cutoff
At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff. Known unknowns Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset. Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards. The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff. Analysis cutoff: Sat, 10 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · analysis-v4 Team rankings in Championship