This also happened to me, but only one time some year ago.
Later I read somewhere why this can happen. And I think this never happens "automatically".
Of course I am not sure if there is also a bug why this sometimes happens.
But I think most af the time it happens by opting in for the next derby without realizing it.
I don't have a screenshot at the moment and have never loaded up something here (it is a little bit difficult).
So at the moment I will try to explain how this can happen without a picture.
Do you all know how your derby stand looks like, when you click on it while you are opt out?
It has a text like "Are you ready to join the fun?....."
And on the bottom there is a button.
I checked the english version, it says: "Join next derby".
In my language it even says only "next derby".
Click on this button and you are opt in!
So I think, often when people open the derby to check what derby will come next, they then click on the button on the bottom instead of closing with the X.
And then they are opt in without realizing.
Can it be, that it happened like this?