Derby County will head to the Kassam Stadium for their clash with Oxford United in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday night (7:45pm kick-off).


The fixture comes off the back of the Rams picking up their first point on the road in a 1-1 draw with Millwall on Saturday. Jerry Yates netted his first goal for the club in the draw against the Lions at The Den.

The result saw Paul Warne’s side remain 12th in the league standings with 13 points, while Tuesday night's opponents Oxford are level on points with Derby sitting one place above the Rams on goal difference.


The U’s also come into the fixture off the back of a 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion, their third draw in as many games with Portsmouth and Luton Town also sharing the spoils against Oxford in recent weeks.

Des Buckingham’s Oxford experienced promotion from League One via the play-offs last season, defeating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at Wembley Stadium. Derby staged a fine 3-2 comeback victory at the Kassam Stadium in December 2023, while Oxford were 2-1 winners at Pride Park Stadium earlier in the campaign.

Team News

Midfielder Ben Osborn and defender Callum Elder returned to the bench at Millwall after injury, with Osborn entering the field of play in the 62nd minute.


Forward Tawanda Chirewa is still sidelined with a thigh injury while on-loan Crystal Palace midfielder David Ozoh is back in training but a doubt as he continues to recover sharpness on his return from a hamstring injury.


Defender Ryan Nyambe (knee) was forced off in the first half of the draw at Millwall at the weekend and will miss out.

Ticket Information

Derby's allocation of tickets for Tuesday's match at the Kassam Stadium has sold out.

Derby were handed an allocation of 1,497 tickets for the match and these have completely sold out.

Those fans without a ticket are advised not to make the trip to Oxford, as they will be unable to gain access to the stadium.

Pre-Match Thoughts


Head Coach Paul Warne caught up with RamsTV and praised Jerry Yates’ performance for the team after getting off the mark at Millwall and looked forward to another midweek league clash with Oxford.


Goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom sat down with RamsTV for the first time since joining the club over the summer to talk about adjusting to life in English football and playing in front of Derby’s fans.

Match Officials


Gavin Ward will officiate the tie in Oxfordshire. He has overseen seven Championship games so far this term, handing out 28 yellow cards and two red cards in that time.

Ward has refereed Derby 11 times in the league, last holding the whistle as the Rams won 3-2 against AFC Bournemouth in November 2021 at Pride Park.

He will be joined by Assistant Referees Lee Venamore and Hugh Gilroy at the Kassam Stadium, with James Linington taking on the fourth official role.

RamsTV Coverage

Live audio commentary for all of Derby County’s first team matches in the 2024/25 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.

Highlights & Match Replay


Full match reaction will be available on dcfc.co.uk and the Derby County App shortly after full time, with highlights and a full match replay available from 12am the day following the fixture.

Please Note: Full match replays are available exclusively for RamsTV subscribers.