Blackburn Rovers FC 1, Derby County FC 3

DERBY, England (Interstat) — Derby County delivered a commanding second-half performance to defeat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the English Football League Championship on Saturday at Pride Park Stadium, completing a season sweep of their rivals. The match, a physical affair that produced seven yellow cards, turned decisively in Derby’s favor after the interval, overturning a halftime deficit and defying a pregame projection from Interstat that had forecast a 1-1 draw. The data firm’s ELO rating system had given Derby a 77.1 percent probability to win. Blackburn’s Hayden Carter broke a tense deadlock in first-half stoppage time, scoring in the 45th… Read more...