PRE-MATCH INTERVIEW: 'We need to top off two well-earned away points away with a win at Pride Park' - Warne

Derby County Head Coach Paul Warne has challenged his squad to top off a three-game week with a win when they return to Pride Park Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

The Rams picked up two points from as many games in the Championship with back-to-back 1-1 draws at Millwall last Saturday and Oxford United on Tuesday.

Two battling performances cemented Derby’s 12th-placed position in the division ahead of Saturday’s clash with Hull City on home turf (3pm kick-off).

The Tigers sit 15th after claiming a 1-1 draw at home to high-flying Burnley on Wednesday night.

Warne sat down with RamsTV ahead of his side’s first home game in three weeks to lay down the gauntlet for them to try and take maximum points against the Tigers.

On picking up two points from the last two games on the road…

If you pick five points up in three games, that’s a pretty good return. The two long away trips, in London and then to Oxford for back-to-back matches isn’t ideal. If you follow up with a home win, it's a good week because five points in a three-game Championship week is excellent.

On showing progress away from home and building on it at Pride Park…

I'm still a little bit frustrated we haven't picked up more points away from home. Both games could have ended in wins. I'm not trying to positively spin it, but if they had turned into victories, then we'd be nearer to the play-off spots. I'm not going to get ahead of myself, but you're always trying to earn as many points as you can when you can. We've on a run of four away games in five fixtures, so to get a result against Hull at the weekend has that extra bit of importance.