Derby County vs West Bromwich Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to grounds their archetypal location triumph of the 2026-27 season, Derby County invited West Bromwich Albion to Pride Park for a Championship contention of important value connected Wednesday night.

The Rams were well-beaten astatine the basal of rubric favourites West Ham United implicit the weekend, whilst the Baggies picked up a morale-boosting occurrence implicit mediocre travellers Watford.

Match preview

After finishing eighth successful the Championship past play - conscionable 4 points down eventual playoff winners Hull City - Derby County person experienced a worrying diminution during the commencement of this term.

Partly down to an wounded crisis, the Rams person managed conscionable the azygous triumph crossed their opening 5 second-tier matches, conceding 10 goals on the way, with lone winless Burnley (12) possessing a leakier defence truthful far.

John Eustace's men recorded their 2nd 3-0 decision successful the past 3 matches connected Saturday afternoon, erstwhile goals from Joel Piroe, Edvin Austbo and Mohamadou Kante sealed maximum points for West Ham.

Derby failed to registry a azygous changeable connected people crossed the contention astatine the London Stadium and present instrumentality to Pride Park wherever they are winless crossed competitory matches with Lincoln City (1-2), Cardiff City (2-2) and Swansea City (0-3) successful 2026-27.

The East Midlanders are 1 of a fewer Championship sides to invited a caller look to their ranks aft the adjacent of main summertime transportation window, with erstwhile Peterborough United goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic joining arsenic a escaped agent.

Following a three-match winless tally (D1 L2) crossed Championship and EFL Cup duties, West Brom deservedly returned to victorious ways implicit the weekend, with a modern Baggies leader announcing him to the Black Country location faithful.

After a bucket-load of goals successful pre-season arsenic good arsenic successful competitory distant games astatine Rotherham United, Norwich City and Middlesbrough, summertime signing Jimmy-Jay Morgan netted his maiden onslaught astatine The Hawthorns to decision Watford past clip out.

Four points from 2 location battles with Charlton Athletic and the Hornets implicit the past week is astir apt astir par for an Albion broadside who person shown the imaginable to vie astatine the apical of the part this season.

Heading into Wednesday night's travel crossed the Midlands, James Morrison's men are presently occupying 5th spot successful the Championship standings with 10 points, conscionable a azygous constituent down pacesetters Swansea.

Whilst morale is precocious successful the visitors' camp, West Brom supporters volition beryllium keenly alert of their team's mediocre caller grounds against Derby, who are unbeaten successful the past 8 meetings (W6 D2) betwixt the sides.

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Team News

Derby suffered different wounded stroke during the nonaccomplishment astatine West Ham, with attacker Rhian Brewster present sidelined for 2 matches owed to a concussion.

In the erstwhile lucifer astatine Portsmouth, defender Craig Forsyth picked up a genu occupation that volition support him retired for astatine slightest 4 months.

Long-term absentees for the hosts persist, with talismanic striker Patrick Agyemang arguably the biggest miss, portion centre-back Matt Clarke is besides unavailable.

West Brom brag Morrison enactment religion successful his squad during the triumph implicit Watford, with Chris Mepham and Rabby Nzingoula rotated into the XI.

With this successful mind, young striker Barney Stewart volition beryllium hoping to gain his maiden Championship commencement of the play connected Wednesday.

Nat Phillips is apt to regain his spot successful the broadside to spouse George Campbell, who was appointed nine skipper successful the summer.

Derby County imaginable starting lineup:

Zetterstrom; Nyambe, Langas, Taylor; Mowatt, Fraulo, Hedges, Clark, Ozoh; Szmodics

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Galves, Phillips, Campbell, Styles; Molumby, Diakite, Whitwell, Price; Morgan, Stewart

We say: Derby County 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

In the midst of an wounded situation and struggling for form, Derby could beryllium astir to suffer their eight-game unbeaten tally implicit West Brom.

The Baggies look successful bully signifier to workout their Derbyshire demons and grounds a archetypal Pride Park triumph since a affable sojourn successful July 2013.

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