3/1 To Win
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 against Millwall on Saturday 19th October and Oxford United on Tuesday 22nd October.
Two battling performances cemented Derby’s 12th-placed position in the division ahead of Saturday’s clash with Hull City at Pride Park (3pm kick-off). The Tigers sit 15th after claiming a draw against 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 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 then to Oxford back-to-back isn’t ideal. But if you follow up with a home win, it's a good week because five points in a 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 away from home. Both games could have ended in defeat. 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’ll have four away games in the next five fixtures – so to get a result against Hull at the weekend has that extra importance.
