Good afternoon and a Happy New Year to all our DerbyshireLive readers as Derby County take on Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough this afternoon.
Paul Warne’s side are aiming to start 2025 with a bang against an Owls team who were very fortunate to beat Derby a few weeks back when Jamal Lowe scored an injury-time winner.
Derby will be looking to avenge that loss against a Wednesday team that sits above them in the league table with Danny Rohl still at the helm despite speculation linking him with jobs at Southampton and in Europe.
There are some injury problems for Derby to overcome with Eiran Cashin (hamstring), David Ozoh (quad) and Ryan Nyambe (knee) all set to miss out. Ben Osborn (glute) is also expected to miss the trip as is Liam Thompson who has returned to training after a minor issue.
Derby will hope for another spirited performance that pushed league leaders Leeds all the way on Sunday when a Brenden Aaronson goal sealed all three points for the Whites.
As usual, we will be bring you all the action as it unfolds this afternoon starting with the team news at 2pm when we shall bring you how the Rams will line up. From then on, we’ll bring you all the drama as it unfolds.