Derby County have named an unchanged starting XI for their Championship match against Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday night. Head coach John Eustace has kept faith with the same side that earned a 1-1 draw with Wrexham at Pride Park last weekend.
Carlton Morris will lead the line and captain the team at Loftus Road. Goalkeeper Josh Vickers makes his third appearance of the season, with the full lineup being Vickers, Ozoh, Langås, Clark, Morris, Szmodics, Fuseini, Mowatt, Ward, Hedges and Sanderson. The substitutes are O’Donnell, Brewster, Bilbija, Salvesen, Meister, Nyambe, Travis, Fraulo and Blackett-Taylor.
The Rams sit 23rd in the Championship with just six points from ten games, their recent form reading LDDLL. Sam Szmodics, who scored his fourth goal of the season against Wrexham, will be key as the team looks to end a run of five games without a victory.
Historically, Derby have a strong record against QPR, with Eustace having won five Championship games against them. The hosts have won only one of their last seven home league matches, drawing their last four in a row. A win for Derby would be their first at Loftus Road since last season's 2-3 victory and would mark back-to away wins there for the first time since September 2008.
With the table showing just one point separating them from the bottom, this midweek fixture represents a significant opportunity. The team then returns to Pride Park to face eighth-placed Stoke City on Saturday, October 17.
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