3/1 To Win
Derby County will take on Peterborough United in their first away fixture of the 2021/22 Sky Bet Championship season on Saturday lunchtime.
dcfc.co.uk has gathered all the information you need to know ahead of the game (12:30pm kick-off).
TICKET NEWS…
Tickets are now off sale for Saturday's game at the Weston Homes Stadium from Pride Park Stadium after they went off sale at midday on Wednesday 11th August.
Peterborough are, however, selling a limited number of away tickets via eticketing.co.uk/theposh. These are all e-ticket only and it is important that Derby supporters only book in the Block E5 in the DeskGo Stand.
Tickets will not be available on the day of the game, meaning supporters without a ticket are advised not to make the journey to the Weston Homes Stadium.
Collections
No collections will be available from the Derby County Ticket Office presented by SeatGeek. Collections are not available from the away stadiums.
Concessions
Proof of age may be required on entry for any concessionary tickets.
Refund Policy
Match ticket refunds are not available for this game from Derby County.
Contact
The Ticket Office counters and phone lines will remain closed. Supporters with any match ticket related enquiries are advised to email [email protected]. Disabled supporters with any enquires are recommended to email [email protected].
TEAM NEWS…
Manager Wayne Rooney is likely to bring the likes of Kelle Roos, Curtis Davies, Nathan Byrne, Richard Stearman, Max Bird, Graeme Shinnie, Tom Lawrence and Colin Kazim-Richards back into the starting line-up.
The players were given a breather for the midweek Carabao Cup Round One tie against Salford City, with several youngsters instead featuring in the game.
Ravel Morrison, who scored in the 3-3 draw with Salford before the Rams won on penalties, could make his league debut after not signing in time for last weekend's 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town.
Youngster Lee Buchanan could make the bench after returning to training this week following a brief injury lay-off, but Kornell McDonald is again set to miss out with a hamstring problem sustained towards the end of pre-season.
Midfielder Jason Knight is out with an ankle injury, sustained in mid-July, which is set to keep him out for between 8-12 weeks.
Polish
international midfielder Krystian Bielik, who suffered an ACL knee
injury in January, is making good progress in his rehabilitation work
but is still not yet in a position to return to full training.
MANAGER'S THOUGHTS…
Manager Wayne Rooney offered his pre-match views to RamsTV on Thursday and said: “We are preparing the team and preparing for
how we want to play, what ideas we have for the game and being ready to
try and get three points.
“I know it will be a tough game. It’s Peterborough’s first league game at home of the season so I’m sure their supporters will be right behind them.
“They haven’t had a great start in the league or the cup, we know that, but we are expecting them to bounce back from that and we know it will be a tough game.
“We have to do everything we can to go there and get three points.”
He added: “The start of the season, in terms of the draw against Huddersfield and going through in the cup against Salford, has been good, but there is going to be a time where it is not so good and we have bad moments, which we have to be ready for.
“There
will be moments where the players have to deal with the crowd, the
pressure of the media and they have to cope with anything else that is
going on with the club. It’s up to me to protect the youngsters
especially and give them the game time when I feel it is right.”
The full interview can be viewed in the above video.
PRE-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE…
Manager Wayne Rooney staged his pre-match news conference with the local and national media on Thursday afternoon from Moor Farm Training Ground.
MATCH OFFICIALS…
David Webb will oversee Saturday's game against Darren Ferguson's side.
Webb took charge of 35 games during the 2020/21 season, producing a total of 83 yellow cards and four red cards.
His
last match featuring Derby was the 2-2 draw at home to Brentford in
March of this year as Rooney's side came back from 2-0 down to claim a
point.
He will be assisted by Rob Smith and Mark Pottage on the lines, whilst Robert Madley has been appointed as the fourth official.
EFL SUBSTITUTE RULES…
The five substitutions rule has been scrapped for the 2021/22 season, the English Football League confirmed in July.
The rule allowing clubs to make five changes, as opposed to the usual three, was brought in following football's restart in June 2020 after a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given that games had to be condensed into a short period of time it was thought beneficial and allowed managers to make as many as five changes in three intervals during a match.
Clubs had a longer post-break between seasons this time around and so the temporary rule has been changed.
Teams will be able to name seven substitutes but only use a maximum of three.
STREAMING INFORMATION…
With
COVID-19 capacity restrictions lifted and EFL fixtures being played in
front of full crowds once again, the temporary change in streaming rules
is no longer valid.
If you can't make the game in person, other options to catch up with the action on the pitch – including live TV, live radio, streaming of selected matches alongside highlights on TV and online of every Sky Bet EFL game.
LIVE TV (DOMESTIC)
In the UK, Sky Sports will show 138 Sky Bet EFL matches, 15 Carabao Cup ties and the Semi Finals and Final of the Papa John’s Trophy.
In the case of Weekend Fixtures, the EFL’s designated kick-off times* for Sky Live Matches are usually scheduled as follows:
* Friday evenings at 7:45pm or 8pm
* Saturdays at 12:30pm; Sundays at 12-noon
Within the Sky contract there are other kick-off times that are available to the broadcaster
In the case of scheduled Midweek Matches, live Sky fixtures will be between 7:30pm and 8pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
RADIO
TalkSPORT offer exclusive live commentaries on national radio across the Sky Bet EFL as well as non-exclusive rights to the Carabao Cup that are shared by the BBC.Both TalkSPORT and the BBC have the ability to broadcast score flash updates across all competitions.BBC Local Radio also have individual commentary deals with selected EFL clubs.
LIVE TV (INTERNATIONAL)
Any match shown live on Sky Sports in the UK is made available overseas via the League’s international broadcast partners.As well as this fixture, a minimum of 36 Championship fixtures taking place on Saturdays at 3pm, will be distributed for international coverage, alongside selected League One and Two fixtures, Carabao Cup ties, and action from across the Sky Bet Play-Offs.
A full list of the EFL’s international broadcast partners are available here:efl.com/iFollow/international-broadcasters/
HIGHLIGHTS
In the UK, Quest will continue to be the home for all highlights of matches in the Sky Bet EFL, Carabao Cup and Papa John’s Trophy, with action from a full weekend schedule of matches broadcast at 9pm on Saturdays, and midweek League highlights and Carabao Cup midweek highlights also screened on applicable weeknights. Internationally, a number of the EFL’s broadcast partners show repeat transmissions and highlights.
STREAMING
In respect of domestic streaming, the EFL will return to the position as was prior to the pandemic when the live broadcast or streaming of any match in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is prohibited between the hours of 2:45pm-5:15pm on Saturday afternoons.
EFL clubs will have the right to live-stream midweek matches on iFollow or Club equivalent service, with Sky Sports also able to stream the same Championship fixtures to subscribers across their Red Button interactive and digital services.
The position in each Sky Bet EFL division is as follows:
CHAMPIONSHIP - DOMESTIC
* All scheduled midweek matches (unless selected as one of Sky Sports Exclusive midweek selections)
* Displaced weekend matches – matches which are moved from Saturday 3pm kick-offs for non-TV purposes (at the discretion of the Home club)
* Bank Holiday matches (at the discretion of the Home club)
CHAMPIONSHIP - INTERNATIONAL
Overseas supporters can watch live all EFL Championship league games provided that they have not been selected for international television broadcast in a territory that has an overseas broadcast partner
