Derby County vs Wrexham Prediction and Betting Tips | January 4th 2026

Derby County will host Wrexham at the Pride Park Stadium on Sunday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The home side have enjoyed a strong season and sit mid-table in 11th place, just five points behind the promotion playoff spots.

A difficult December saw Derby wrap up 2025 on a sour note as suffered a 2-1 defeat to Leicester City. However, the Rams quickly put that behind them as they welcomed promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough to Pride Park on New Year's Day, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Bobby Clark strike with the 20-year-old netting his first league goal for the club.

Wrexham, meanwhile, have regained their mojo in recent games and could be serious contenders for the promotion playoffs should they keep up these levels deep into the second half of the campaign.

After closing 2025 with a narrow but well-deserved 2-1 victory over Preston North End, Phil Parkinson's men were back in action on New Year's Day, travelling to Ewood Park where they beat a struggling Blackburn Rovers side 2-0. They now sit 10th in the table and will be eager to widen the two point gap between themselves and their 11th-placed opponents this weekend.

Derby County vs Wrexham Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have faced off 10 times. Derby have won five of their previous encounters while Wrexham have won twice with their remaining three contests ending in draws.
• Wrexham's last win in this fixture came back in September 1980 when they beat the Rams 1-0 in a league clash.
• Wrexham boast slightly better offensive and defensive records than Derby ahead of their weekend clash, with 36 goals scored and 31 conceded compared to Derby’s 34 scored and 33 conceded.
• Derby have kept just two clean sheets in their last 13 matches.

Derby County vs Wrexham Prediction

The Rams are slight favorites heading into the weekend clash after snapping a three-game winless run last time out. However, they have won just one of their last five home games and could struggle here.

The Red Dragons have won three straight league games for the first time this season and will head into Sunday’s clash with confidence sky-high. However, they have struggled on the road this campaign and may have to settle for a point here.

Prediction: Derby County 1-1 Wrexham Derby County vs Wrexham Betting Tips

Derby County vs Wrexham Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in seven of the hosts' last nine matches)

Edited by Peter P