Derby County will travel to the KC Stadium looking to achieve what no Championship side has done before when they face Hull City in the Play-Off Semi-Final second-leg…
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Darren Wassall will have everybody available for the second-leg of Derby County’s Play-Off Semi-Final clash with Hull City.
Craig Bryson suffered a cut just above his right eye in the latter stages of the first-leg, but will continue in his midfield role at the KC Stadium.
Cyrus Christie also struggled with a dead leg towards the end of the game, but the right back has trained ahead of the fixture.
Speaking to the media ahead of the meeting with Steve Bruce’s side, Wassall, the Derby Head Coach, said: “Everybody is available for selection and everyone will find out the team an hour before kick-off.
“Craig had a pad over his cut in training on Sunday and Monday. He has got four or five stitches, but he is ok to play.
“Whether he has to have a Terry Butcher like bandage is another question.
“Cyrus also trained on Monday, as did everybody and everyone looked really sharp.”
With that, he has called on his squad to show everyone what they are made of as he seeks a response from the 3-0 defeat.
He added: “This now is all about what we are made of. We need 11 players and the rest of the squad to turn up on Tuesday that what they saw on Saturday was not Derby County.
“It’s a big, big, test of our character, resilience, determination, will to win and succeed.
“It’s a massive test and we need everyone to come to the table. The players need to deliver.”
Speaking to Rams Player HD ahead of Tuesday night’s game, Darren Wassall said: “It’s half-time in this tie and as I said on Saturday no-one wanted or expected to lose the first leg 3-0.
“We can either feel sorry for ourselves and go under or we can roll our sleeves up, dust ourselves down and make sure we go and put in a performance that we know we’re capable of in the Second Leg.
“We’ve beaten Hull before this season and we need to go and do it again.
“This isn’t time for recrimination and blame – this is a time to stick together and represent Derby County in the best way possible.
“We’re disappointed with the way Saturday panned out and we now have a point to prove at the KC Stadium.
“We have got to go and score goals so we have to go and take the game to them.
“Obviously, we have to keep it tight defensively and also take the opportunities that come our way.
“We have to also deal with any disappointments that come our way and make sure that we go into the game in a positive frame of mind.
“Everyone is determined to put on a performance because we know we let ourselves down in terms of the result on Saturday – and we need to put it right.”
He added: “We want positivity from the players and staff.
“We came in to train on Sunday and everyone was in the right frame of mind.
“Anything can happen, anything is possible and nothing is impossible in life.
“We have everything to gain and nothing to lose - being 3-0 down people have written us off already.
“We can’t let that affect us and we have to go to Hull and let that really spur us on.”
>Moses Odubajo has crafted a reputation as one of the best full backs in the Sky Bet Championship after a standout season with Hull City.
At the age of 22, he already had more than 150 senior appearances to his name having come through the ranks at Leyton Orient before making the move to Brentford.
He has backed that up by making another 51 appearances this campaign – featuring as a main figure in the Tigers’ squad.
After racking up more than 100 games in an Orient shirt, Odubajo made the step up to the Championship with a move to Brentford in the summer of 2014 and in an impressive first season at Griffin Park, in which he was employed largely at right back, he helped the Bees into the play-offs before they were beaten by Middlesbrough in the semi-finals.
Having also represented England at U20 level, the right-sided player is now keen to make an impression following his £3.5 million move to the Tigers.
Derby County’s allocation of tickets for the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg at Hull City have completely SOLD OUT.
The Rams will travel to the KC Stadium on Tuesday 17th May 2016.
The last tickets from the 2,500 allocation were sold this morning - within minutes of going on sale.
Rams On Tour and Away Members, plus Season Ticket Holders that attended at least five away matches during the regular 2015/16 season and have the purchase history recorded on Derby County’s ticketing system were previously able to buy tickets, before seats went on sale to all remaining Season Ticket Holders this morning.
No more tickets will be made available and supporters without a ticket are strongly advised not to travel to the KC Stadium, as they will be unable to gain entry.
HULL CITY 0-2 DERBY COUNTY
Derby County are the only side to record a league victory at the KC Stadium after they recorded a 2-0 win over Hull City back in November.
Jacob Butterfield scored twice in an impressive first half showing, before the Rams showed quality at the back to keep the Tigers at bay and end their unbeaten home record this season.
In the pouring Yorkshire rain, Derby started the better, pegging back the hosts and in turn created a number of clear opportunities.
Four of those came inside a particularly strong two-minute spell, Cyrus Christie carving out the clearest of those as he, somehow, waltzed inside from the right, through into the penalty area, before seeing his poked effort turned behind by Allan McGregor.
Hull failed to deal with the resulting corner and were forced to throw their bodies on the line to turn behind Andreas Weimann’s close range effort over the crossbar, before George Thorne saw a drive from outside the area turned behind by McGregor.
Derby kept the pressure up and Chris Martin saw a header from Christie’s cross saved by the Scottish ‘keeper at his near post.
The Rams’ strong start to the contest was duly rewarded as they opened the scoring on 18 minutes.
The link up play between Martin and Weimann was key as the former played a back heel into the latter who, after avoiding a challenge, saw the ball nicked off his toe. Butterfield was lurking, though, and followed up to flash the ball into the bottom corner of the goal.
Chances were and far between for a 10-minute spell after that as Hull tried to get back into the contest.
The next goal in this televised encounter was always going to be important and as Derby held strong they continued to look a threat every time they progressed forward and shortly after the half hour mark, the visitors struck again.
From the right, Christie whipped a dangerous ball into the centre, but despite the initial danger being cleared, the ball, dropping, was struck perfectly on the volley by Butterfield – catching McGregor out and nestling in the bottom corner.
Between then and half time, there was two further key moments as the Rams held on to their two-goal advantage.
As he has done since the start of the season, Carson was again on hand to make big game saves and produced two more in the space of three minutes at KC Stadium.
First Tom Huddlestone, the former Rams Academy graduate, saw a long range drive parried away before he made a better one with three minutes remaining, tipping over Abel Hernandez’s effort for a corner.
Into the second 45 minutes Derby, naturally, were prepared to sit back and soak up the Hull pressure, but did so without conceding many chances.
Before the hour mark, Shaun Maloney had the hosts’ only notable chance, latching on to a back-heel that set him away, but he bent his low shot beyond the post.
The diminutive Scot was proving to be the Tigers’ biggest threat and he shot over again from inside the area as Steve Bruce’s side began to turn the screw.
Jason Shackell got a crucial block in to prevent Hernandez testing Carson just left of centre as the game entered the final 20 minutes - at which point Bruce went for broke and introduced Chuba Akpom, the Arsenal loanee, and Sone Aluko in place of two defenders, but the Rams were at their resolute best and limited the hosts to scraps in front of Carson’s goal.
Tom Ince, playing against his former club, had the best chance in the dying stages of adding to the scoreline, but he smacked his first time effort wide of McGregor’s far post, whilst at the other end Sam Clucas flicked a loose ball over the crossbar following a corner.
Harry Maguire flashed another opportunity wide in, but Derby held on to claim their biggest win of the 2015/16 season so far and move to the top of the Championship table for the first time this campaign.
Hull City: McGregor, Odubajo (Aluko, 75), Elmohamady, Davies (Akpom, 75), Maguire, Huddlestone, Livermore, Maloney, Clucas, Diame (Hayden, 82), Hernandez
Substitutes not used: Jakupovic, Bruce, Taylor, Snodgrass
Derby County: Carson, Christie, Keogh, Shackell, Warnock; Thorne, Hendrick, Butterfield (Bryson, 68); Ince, Weimann (Russell, 82), Martin
Substitutes not used: Grant, Bent, Baird, Pearce, Shotton
Attendance: 17,410 (1,412 Derby supporters)
Michael Oliver will take charge of Derby County's Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi Final Second Leg tie at Hull City on Tuesday.
The official has overseen 35 games so far this season, where he has produced a total of 126 yellow cards and nine red cards.
He has been the man in the middle for one Derby game this season, when the Rams visited Burnley in January.
He will be assisted by Stuart Burt and Matthew Wilkes on the lines, whilst Jonathan Moss has been appointed as the Fourth Official.
Travelling to the KC Stadium looking to overturn a three-goal deficit, Derby County are seen as outsiders to claim victory when they take on Hull City in the Play-Off Semi-Finals second leg.
Sky Bet, the official betting partner of the Rams, have priced Darren Wassall’s side at 13/5 to claim a win over Steve Bruce’s side.
The Tigers are seen as heavy favourites to back up their win at the iPro Stadium and have been backed at 11/10 favourites.
A draw on the night has been priced at 23/10.
To view that, and more odds on all the action in the play-offs, visit: http://www.skybet.com/derby.
Remember, you can follow Darren Wassall’s men every step of the way throughout the season with dcfc.co.uk and Rams Player HD.
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