Stoke City vs Derby Prediction & Match Preview

• Stoke and Derby finished last season right next to each other in the relegation scrap in the bottom half of the Championship standings.
• They will face each other in the opening round of the 2025/26 campaign on Saturday afternoon at bet365 Stadium.

Stoke City vs Derby Match Preview

These two teams have changed five managers combined last season in search for improvements that eventually never came.

Stoke managed to secure several big signings this summer, including the arrivals of Divin Mubama and Aaron Cresswell.

The former comes straight from Manchester City after promising displays for West Ham while the latter has established himself as one of the Hammers’ legends.

Despite a horrendous campaign in the previous term of the Championship overall, Stoke did lose only 6 of 23 home outings in the season.

As for Derby, they ended the campaign just one point above the relegation zone. The Rams have done a significant overhaul of the team as a consequence,

Head coach John Eustace will need some time to bed in the new arrivals. Avoiding a defeat in the opener against potentially direct rivals for avoiding the relegation would be very important.

Stoke City vs Derby Prediction

Both Stoke and Derby showed strong preseason form and they enter the tie in high spirits.

Both outfits kept their net untouched in the final checks against Burnley and Atromitos respectively.

The Potters were especially impressive in their last two matches, managing a draw and a win against the likes of Wolves and Burnley.

The previous head-to-head clash between these counterparts ended without goals in early-May. We would not be surprised to witness a similar scenario this time around.

The main bet is Under 2.5 goals at the 1.57 odds while we also like the goalless draw as the correct score pick at the 7.50 price-tag.

Steffen Schmidt- August 7, 2025

Stoke City vs Derby Betting Tips

Under 2.5 goals

OK

1.55 Odds

Correct Score: Draw 0-0

OK

7.50 Odds