Derby County will play their penultimate match of the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship season after they journey to face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off).
The Rams will likely be trying to return to profitable methods after coming up short in a 2-1 contest against Norwich City on Tuesday night.
John Eustace’s facet sit eighth within the Championship desk and 4 factors away from the play-off locations with simply two matches remaining within the season.
Opponents, Queens Park Rangers, come into the match safe of their spot within the second tier subsequent season, mathematically unable to ascend or descend with simply two matches to play.
The Hoops additionally enter the tie in West London off the again of a 2-1 defeat in midweek, having been defeated on residence turf by Swansea City.
Ticket Information
Derby will likely be backed by a SOLD-OUT away finish in West London.
The Rams had been handed a complete allocation of 1,760 tickets for the match, and these have now fully offered out, with no additional seats being made accessible.
Those followers with no ticket are suggested to not make the journey to MATRADE Loftus Road, as they are going to be unable to achieve entry to the bottom.
Pre-Match Thoughts
Head Coach John Eustace spoke to RamsTV to preview his facet’s away conflict with Queens Park Rangers.
Goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterström additionally caught up with RamsTV forward of Saturday’s journey to MATRADE Loftus Road.
The Opposition
Opponents, Queens Park Rangers, come into the match safe of their spot within the second-tier subsequent season, mathematically unable to ascend or descend with simply two matches to play.
This means Rangers will likely be within the second tier for an eleventh consecutive season, having suffered relegation from the Premier League again within the 2014/15 season.
Last season, Martí Cifuentes was the person tasked with getting a tune out of the Loftus Road membership. He guided them to a thirteenth-place end in 2024/25 and opted to go away the membership for Leicester City forward of the brand new marketing campaign.
Julien Stéphan was the person chosen to step into the function forward of this season. The Frenchman joined after having departed hometown membership Rennes in 2024.
Rangers have registered 16 wins and 10 attracts from their 44 matches this season. Their primary failure this time period has been placing unbeaten runs collectively.
After a quick begin noticed them rise to sixth within the desk, with 4 wins and two attracts from their opening 9 matches, the R’s have since struggled to copy that early type.
Although – earlier than two defeats of their final two matches – they’d gone unbeaten in 5 league video games from 14th March till eleventh April, together with a 6-1 dispatching of Portsmouth at Loftus Road.
The Rangers squad boasts a wealth of younger expertise, Rumarn Burrell has been QPR’s most constant performer this time period, with 10 objectives and three assists to his identify, intently adopted by Richard Kone, who has 11 purpose involvements.
Meanwhile, attacker Harvey Vale has additionally stood out in his first full season with the membership, for the reason that 22-yr-previous Republic of Ireland worldwide joined from Chelsea in February 2025.
Another extremely considered teenager, signed in the identical window, was 23-yr-previous defender Ronnie Edwards, who made his mortgage from Southampton everlasting within the winter window, and has since captained the facet on a number of events.
Stéphan will likely be hoping the season generally is a basis-constructing train with that younger expertise able to flourish subsequent time period – as they appear to begin that momentum constructing with a powerful nd to the 2025/26 season.
Match Officials
John Busby would be the man within the center within the nation’s capital, officiating his twentieth Championship fixture this season.
Busby has held the whistle in 26 video games in all competitions up to now in 2025/26; he has proven a complete of 106 yellow playing cards and 4 straight pink playing cards.
Mark Russell and Johnathon Bickerdikehave been named because the Assistant Referees; Lewis Smith has been appointed because the Fourth Official.
RamsTV Audio & Video Coverage
Live audio commentary for all of Derby County’s first staff matches within the 2025/26 season – each league and cup fixtures – is offered to RamsTVAudio subscribers primarily based each within the UK and internationally.
Information about RamsTV’sVideo Live Streaming and different providers for this sport will be discovered here.
Highlights & Match Replay
Full match response will likely be accessible on dcfc.co.uk and the Derby County App shortly after full time, with highlights and a full match replay accessible from midnight.
