Fri 13 Feb - Posted in Breaking News
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Derby County are set to face off with Swansea City on
Saturday in the second of back-to-back home Sky Bet Championship matches for
John Eustace’s side (3pm kick-off).
The Rams enter the tie with three wins and a draw from their last five league outings, but Derby will be looking to pick up maximum points when they meet the Swans and redeem a narrow defeat on home turf against promotion-chasing Ipswich Town last time out.
Saturday’s match will be the first following Head Coach John Eustace's one-year anniversary in the top job. The Rams boss will be hoping for his 20th league win in the Derby dugout to mark the milestone.
Securing Championship status and progressing onwards has seen Eustace take points in 31 of his 48 matches in charge, with 19 wins and 12 draws in total.
Tickets for the Rams' latest home game are still available and can be purchased online, over the phone or in person from the Ticket Office.
The Ticket Office is open from 9am until kick-off on matchday.
Supporters are urged to buy tickets in advance to avoid the matchday price increase.
Find out more ticket details for Saturday's match by clicking here.
Swansea City have enjoyed a marked upturn in form since Vítor Matos arrived in the hot seat three months ago.
The Portuguese boss, who replaced Alan Sheehan, has a 50 per cent win-rate in charge of the Swans since assuming control at the end of November.
His first match was against the Rams - with John Eustace’s side running out 2-1 winners at the Swansea.com Stadium, thanks to goals from Joe Ward and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen.
After losing to West Brom the following week, the Swans then picked up, recording back-to-back home wins over Oxford United and Portsmouth.
That has provided the springboard for their upward momentum. Indeed, since then they have only lost four out of 13 Championship encounters.
They have been helped by the goals return of striker Zan Vipotnik who is currently the most prolific striker in the division, leading the scoring chart with 15 to his name so far this season.
Matos’s side arrive at Pride Park on the back of three victories in their last four outings, defeating Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday at home and Watford at Vicarage Road.
They lost narrowly to high-flying Hull City at the KC Stadium but travel having found the net in every single one of their matches since drawing a blank at Coventry City on Boxing Day.
Rewinding to December 2018, when Welsh winger Harry Wilson’s
brace secured the points in a 2-1 victory for the Rams at Pride Park.
The then-Liverpool loanee let fly from 30 yards to put Derby
ahead on the half-hour mark, before he intercepted Oli McBurnie’s pass and
fired into the bottom corner to double the advantage nine minutes later.
Wilson twice came close to his first professional hat-trick
midway through the second period, while Tom Lawrence was inches away from
adding a third with a snapshot from 12 yards.
Fikayo Tomori put through his own net to set up
a tense finish, but Frank Lampard’s side held on to claim all three points.
Head Coach John Eustace sat down with RamsTV on the eve of his one-year anniversary in the hot seat at Pride Park Stadium, to reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to Saturday's clash with the Swans.
Goalkeeper Josh Vickers also caught up with RamsTV after playing his first Championship match last weekend since returning from injury and signing a new deal with the club.
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Get your Derby County matchday programme, 'The Ram' - including an exclusive interview with midfielder Liam Thompson - at Pride Park Stadium on Saturday!
The Ram is sold around the stadium ahead of the game for £4 or can be ordered for home delivery.
Find out more by clicking here.
Andrew Kitchen will be the man in the middle for Saturday’s clash. Coincidentally, he presided over the reverse fixture back in November, where goals from Joe Ward and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen steered Derby to a 2-1 victory at in South Wales.
It will be Kitchen’s third Rams fixture of the season, having also taken charge of the Carabao Cup Second Round tie at Burnley.
Across his 21 league and cup matches so far in 2025/26, the Durham-born official has shown a total of 62 yellow cards and one red card.
Shaun Hudson and Hugh Gilroy will run the line after being named as the Assistant Referees, while David Webb has been selected as the Fourth Official.
Live audio commentary for all of Derby County’s first team matches in the 2025/26 season - both league and cup fixtures - is available to RamsTV Audio subscribers based both in the UK and internationally.
Information about RamsTV's Video Live Streaming and other services for this game can be found here.
RamsTV's Match highlights will be available on dcfc.co.uk and the Derby County App shortly after the game.
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