Derby County F.C. league record by opponent

Derby County Football Club is an English association football club based in Derby, which competes in the EFL Championship during the 2018–19 season. The club was founded in 1884, by William Morley, as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club; it has spent all but four seasons in the top two divisions of the English football league. The club's competitive peak came in the 1970s when it had two spells as English League Champions and competed in major European competitions on four separate occasions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals, as well as winning several minor trophies. The club was also a strong force in the interwar years of the football league and also won the 1945–46 FA Cup.

Derby County are founder members of the Football League, which was created in 1888. Over the years Derby have played in the First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Third Division North, Premier League and the Championship. As of 2008 Derby compete in the second tier of English football, the Championship, after relegation from the Premier League.

Derby's first opponent was Bolton Wanderers on 8 September 1888 a game which Derby won 6–3. Their most regular opponents have been Wolverhampton Wanderers having met 142 times whilst Derby best record is against Bolton Wanderers, Derby beating the Trotters 62 times. The most league defeats inflicted upon County is against Liverpool who have triumphed over Derby 66 times while the most drawn matches have come against Stoke City with the two teams sharing the points on 37 occasions. Derby have played a total of 102 different league opponents.

Key

• The records include the results of matches played in The Football League (from 1888 to 1996, 2002 to 2007, 2008 to 2019) and the Premier League (from 1996 to 2002, 2007 to 2008). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 seasons. Football League play-offs, Test Matches and cup matches are not included.
• For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Ardwick, Small Heath and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester City, Birmingham City and Arsenal, respectively.
•    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are current divisional rivals of Derby County.
•    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 6 October 2018.

Derby County F.C. league record by opponent

Opponent	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Ref(s)
	Home				Away				Total
Accrington	5	1	2	2	5	1	1	3	10	2	3	5	17	27	20%	[1]
Accrington Stanley (old)	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	2	1	8	6	25%	[2]
Arsenal	49	25	10	14	49	12	10	27	98	37	20	41	142	152	26%	[3]
Aston Villa	61	29	12	20	61	9	11	41	122	38	24	61	162	231	31%	[4]
Barnsley	32	19	8	5	32	11	7	14	64	30	15	19	94	72	47%	[5]
Barrow	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	9	7	50%	[6]
Birmingham City	54	25	20	9	54	15	14	25	108	40	34	34	183	153	37%	[7]
Blackburn Rovers	58	23	21	14	57	12	12	33	115	35	33	47	204	192	30%	[8]
Blackpool	33	21	8	4	33	9	8	17	66	29	16	21	114	88	44%	[9]
Bolton Wanderers	62	40	14	8	63	22	8	33	125	62	22	41	226	186	50%	[10]
Bournemouth	4	3	0	1	4	1	2	1	8	4	2	2	11	7	50%	[11]
Bradford City	17	8	4	5	17	6	6	5	34	14	10	10	49	38	41%	[12]
Bradford Park Avenue	9	6	1	2	9	3	1	5	18	9	2	7	34	27	50%	[13]
Brentford	14	8	3	3	13	4	4	5	27	12	7	8	48	46	44%	[14]
Brighton & Hove Albion	17	9	4	4	17	5	2	10	34	14	6	14	40	39	41%	[15]
Bristol City	31	23	3	5	31	10	11	10	62	33	14	15	114	71	53%	[16]
Bristol Rovers	12	7	3	2	12	3	3	6	24	10	6	8	35	35	42%	[17]
Burnley	48	26	10	12	48	13	10	25	96	39	20	37	147	140	41%	[18]
Burton Albion	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	1	2	2	4	25%	[19]
Bury	29	22	4	3	29	5	9	15	58	27	13	18	99	84	47%	[20]
Cambridge United	7	3	3	1	7	4	2	1	14	7	5	2	13	10	50%	[21]
Cardiff City	31	12	8	11	31	5	9	17	62	17	17	28	90	104	27%	[22]
Carlisle United	9	3	2	4	9	2	3	4	18	5	5	8	23	26	28%	[23]
Charlton Athletic	41	18	11	12	41	16	9	16	82	34	20	28	136	131	41%	[24]
Chelsea	47	24	10	13	47	11	15	21	94	35	25	34	138	136	37%	[25]
Chester City	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	13	5	75%	[26]
Chesterfield	5	2	3	0	5	2	1	2	10	4	4	2	19	9	40%	[27]
Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	8	5	50%	[28]
Coventry City	36	21	9	6	36	9	9	18	72	30	18	24	95	92	42%	[29]
Crewe Alexandra	5	2	2	1	5	2	1	2	10	4	3	3	23	17	40%	[30]
Crystal Palace	32	20	6	6	32	8	10	14	64	28	16	20	91	69	44%	[31]
Darlington	4	1	2	1	4	0	1	3	8	1	3	4	10	13	13%	[32]
Darwen	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	12	5	75%	[33]
Doncaster Rovers	10	6	1	3	10	6	0	4	20	12	1	7	36	22	60%	[34]
Everton	63	30	9	24	63	12	12	39	126	42	21	63	173	240	33%	[35]
Fulham	27	16	7	4	27	4	12	11	54	20	19	15	94	78	37%	[36]
Gainsborough Trinity	5	4	1	0	5	2	3	0	10	6	4	0	29	8	60%	[37]
Gillingham	5	4	1	0	5	2	1	2	10	6	2	2	14	7	60%	[38]
Glossop North End	7	7	1	0	7	2	3	2	14	8	4	2	32	17	57%	[39]
Grimsby Town	33	20	7	6	33	12	8	13	66	32	15	19	115	88	48%	[40]
Halifax Town	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	12	4	50%	[41]
Hartlepool United	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	6	6	50%	[42]
Huddersfield Town	45	31	10	4	45	6	15	24	90	37	25	28	136	130	41%	[43]
Hull City	27	12	6	9	28	6	10	12	55	18	16	21	80	74	33%	[44]
Ipswich Town	41	15	12	14	40	13	7	20	81	28	19	34	106	115	35%	[45]
Leeds City	6	4	1	1	6	3	0	3	12	7	1	4	35	23	58%	[46]
Leeds United	54	24	14	16	53	11	12	30	107	35	26	46	137	158	33%	[47]
Leicester City	49	28	7	14	49	14	18	17	98	42	25	51	137	125	43%	[48]
Leyton Orient	22	14	3	5	22	6	4	12	44	20	7	17	58	49	45%	[49]
Lincoln City	12	12	0	0	12	5	4	3	24	17	4	3	57	28	71%	[50]
Liverpool	63	26	23	24	63	6	15	42	126	32	28	66	156	248	25%	[51]
Luton Town	18	8	7	3	18	5	2	11	36	13	9	14	44	41	36%	[52]
Manchester City	46	24	11	11	46	8	9	29	92	32	20	40	132	143	35%	[53]
Manchester United	45	16	17	12	45	11	10	24	90	27	27	36	132	157	30%	[54]
Mansfield Town	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	11	2	75%	[55]
Middlesbrough	67	32	15	20	67	15	14	38	134	47	29	58	195	226	35%	[56]
Millwall	22	9	6	7	23	5	7	11	45	14	13	18	53	53	31%	[57]
Milton Keynes Dons	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	50%	[58]
Nelson	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	7	2	50%	[59]
Newcastle United	56	23	14	19	56	13	15	28	112	36	29	46	138	164	32%	[60]
Newport County (old)	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	0	8	6	25%	[61]
Northampton Town	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	0	11	7	50%	[62]
Norwich City	32	10	14	8	31	8	4	19	63	18	18	27	73	91	29%	[63]
Nottingham Forest	46	20	10	16	46	13	13	20	92	33	23	36	142	136	36%	[64]
Notts County	27	14	9	4	27	8	9	10	54	22	18	14	83	64	41%	[65]
Oldham Athletic	20	12	5	3	20	6	7	8	40	17	12	11	53	50	43%	[66]
Oxford United	5	2	1	2	5	2	1	2	10	4	2	4	9	9	40%	[67]
Peterborough United	5	3	1	1	5	1	1	3	10	4	2	4	17	15	40%	[68]
Plymouth Argyle	20	14	3	3	20	8	5	7	40	22	8	10	71	51	55%	[69]
Portsmouth	42	27	6	9	42	10	10	22	84	37	16	34	134	121	44%	[70]
Port Vale	9	7	1	1	9	2	2	5	18	9	3	6	30	20	50%	[71]
Preston North End	53	31	10	12	52	12	9	31	105	43	19	43	140	154	41%	[72]
Queens Park Rangers	24	11	5	7	25	7	12	6	49	19	17	13	63	57	39%	[73]
Reading	19	7	3	9	20	4	5	11	39	11	8	20	54	66	28%	[74]
Rochdale	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	3	0	1	11	3	75%	[75]
Rotherham United	25	15	6	4	26	4	11	11	51	19	17	15	83	73	37%	[76]
Scunthorpe United	10	5	3	2	10	3	2	5	20	8	5	7	45	38	40%	[77]
Sheffield United	51	31	7	13	51	13	9	30	102	43	16	43	162	150	42%	[78]
Sheffield Wednesday	59	34	15	10	59	13	19	27	118	47	34	37	196	160	40%	[79]
Shrewsbury Town	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	3	10	4	3	4	11	15	30%	[80]
South Shields	7	5	1	1	7	1	2	4	14	6	5	3	27	20	43%	[81]
Southampton	31	15	12	4	31	8	9	14	62	23	21	18	97	92	37%	[82]
Southend United	6	3	0	3	6	2	1	3	12	5	1	6	15	14	42%	[83]
Southport	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	11	5	75%	[84]
Stockport County	12	11	0	1	12	0	3	9	24	11	3	10	41	28	46%	[85]
Stoke City	62	36	16	10	62	12	21	29	124	48	37	29	208	163	39%	[86]
Sunderland	64	34	15	16	65	12	12	41	130	46	27	57	183	206	35%	[87]
Swansea City	18	9	2	7	18	3	3	12	36	12	5	19	63	67	33%	[88]
Swindon Town	5	5	0	0	5	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	23	12	70%	[89]
Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	9	6	32	7	8	17	64	24	17	23	100	94	38%	[90]
Tranmere Rovers	7	4	1	2	7	2	0	5	16	6	1	7	28	23	43%	[91]
Walsall	6	3	1	3	6	2	2	2	14	5	3	4	17	14	42%	[92]
Watford	20	10	6	4	20	6	7	7	40	16	13	11	63	55	40%	[93]
West Bromwich Albion	50	28	14	7	50	9	14	27	100	38	28	34	164	149	38%	[94]
West Ham United	34	17	8	9	34	6	15	13	68	23	23	22	93	99	34%	[95]
Wigan Athletic	8	1	4	3	8	4	0	4	16	5	4	7	16	19	31%	[96]
Wimbledon	10	4	4	2	10	1	4	5	20	5	8	7	26	26	25%	[97]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	71	38	12	21	71	21	18	32	142	59	30	53	249	245	42%	[98]
Workington	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	8	7	25%	[99]
Wrexham	4	3	0	1	4	1	2	1	8	4	2	2	11	8	50%	[100]
Yeovil Town	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	2	100%	[101]
York City	4	4	0	0	4	1	2	1	5	4	2	1	12	7	63%	[102]

References

External links

• Derby County official website