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15 min: Ward\u2019s corner goes over everyone and drifts out for a goal-kick.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Blackett-Taylor is getting some joy down Derby\u2019s left. He has a shot across goal that is blocked by Bornauw out for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a little disappointed you didn\u2019t make an Ao, let\u2019s go Ramones joke at kick off,\u201d writes Phil. \u201cOr maybe I\u2019m just a sad old man making dad jokes….”<\/p>\n Gah, what an opportunity.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min: Nmecha drives down the Leeds right. A stepover or two later and he forces a corner off Batth. Harrison\u2019s whipped delivery is headed away by Langas.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 min: Gnonto should do better. The Italian chases a long ball down-field but his pass to Nmecha is behind the target. Okafor follows up but his shot is high and wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 8 min: Tanaka bumps into Brereton Diaz in midfield and is penalised. The Leeds man falls awkwardly on his hand and gives it a little shake to demonstrate this but he\u2019s all right.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 min: \u201cNo Piroe, no party\u201d the travelling supporters chant, reviving a regular tune from last season. He\u2019s playing in a deeper role behind Okafor and Nmecha, with Gnonto at right wing-back and Harrison on the left. Blackett-Taylor forces a corner for Derby but Leeds deal with Ward\u2019s delivery.<\/p>\n It\u2019s party time as Joel Piroe takes on Derby County\u2019s Bobby Clark. Photograph: Chris Radburn\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.15 EST<\/p>\n 4 min: Leeds come again down the left and Okafor\u2019s cross is blocked out for a corner by Ward. Tanaka takes but Ward heads away at the near post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min: Leeds\u2019 first foray into the Derby box comes up short as Langas comes across and clears his lines.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>KICK-OFF<\/p>\n Ao Tanaka gets the ball rolling for Leeds, who are in blue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The teams are heading out at Pride Park. Robbie Savage, working as a pundit pitchside, has been doing some keepy-uppies with a ball boy. Anthony Taylor is in charge for this one. The scene is set: kick-off is next.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Fraulo makes his debut for Derby this lunchtime having signed on a deal until 2029 from Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach last week. The midfielder played for Denmark at the Under-21 Euros last summer and scored his first Bundesliga goal in November.<\/p>\n Track the latest deals this January using our transfer interactive:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.57 EST<\/p>\n Karl Darlow gets the nod in goal for Leeds today but there is still no place for Illan Meslier in the matchday squad \u2013 he\u2019s not been involved on the bench since November.<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 first-choice keeper, Lucas Perri, came under fire in midweek for his performance against Newcastle, particularly for his failure to keep out Harvey Barnes\u2019s late winner. Daniel Farke didn\u2019t exactly rush to Perri\u2019s defence at full time:<\/p>\n I can\u2019t lie, I can\u2019t say how he was man of the match and there were unbelievable saves. Of course, you need also sometimes in a crucial moment a proper save from your goalkeeper. Of course, today it was definitely a situation where you should save the ball. I can\u2019t lie and pretend any other, that it would be a different scenario because otherwise you wouldn\u2019t believe me any more. I name it how I see it and at this moment, certainly I can\u2019t protect him from the criticism that he should have saved it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Form guide<\/p>\n Derby\u2019s last six: WDDLWL Derby are still without Carlton Morris, who hasn\u2019t played since November because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 last six: DWDDDL Dominic Calvert-Lewin starts this one on the bench for Leeds. Their starting strikers \u2013 Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha \u2013 have four goals between them this season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Championship playoffs 2019: Definitely the most memorable meeting in recent history between these two was the second leg of the playoff semi-finals at Elland Road in 2019. After Frank Lampard had taken Marcelo Bielsa to task on spying on opposing teams, his Derby produced an extraordinary turnaround to book their place in the final at Wembley. Cue the celebrations and those chants.<\/p>\n Frank enjoys his moment at Leeds. Photograph: Alex Livesey\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve had a guess at a Leeds formation but they\u2019ve got so many attacking players in their team that we\u2019ll have to wait until kick-off to be sure.<\/p>\n There are two attack-minded wingers (Gnonto and Harrison) and another three forwards (Okafor, Nmecha and Piroe), with no recognised full-backs in the XI.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Starting lineups<\/p>\n The teams are in from Pride Park:<\/p>\n Derby (4-4-1-1): Zetterstr\u00f6m; Ward, Lang\u00e5s, Batth, Forsyth; Brereton D\u00edaz, Travis, Fraulo, Blackett-Taylor; Clark; Salvesen Leeds (3-4-3): Darlow; Bornauw, Bijol, Ampadu; Gnonto, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison; Okafor, Piroe, Nmecha. Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n As the defender Callum Elder described it this week, Derby v Leeds is \u201can amazing fixture\u201d. Stuffed full of history and storylines, from the scraps of the 70s to the spy plots of Bielsa and Lampard, it is a game that never lacks a bit of needle. The rivalry renews in the FA Cup<\/a> this lunchtime as John Eustace\u2019s Championship side take on Daniel Farke\u2019s Premier League team at Pride Park, where Elder expects a \u201cfierce atmosphere\u201d.<\/p>\n Derby haven\u2019t beaten Leeds since those infamous 2019 Championship playoffs and will look to do so today in this midday kick-off. A spot in the fourth round is at stake.<\/p>\n You can get in touch with me with your thoughts on today\u2019s game, or memories of previous meetings, via this email<\/a>. Team news is coming up shortly.<\/p>\n
Position: 13th in Championship
Top scorer: Carlton Morris (10 goals)<\/p>\n
Position: 16th in Premier League
Top scorer: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (9 goals)<\/p>\n
Subs: O\u2019Donnell, Agyemang, Brewster, Weimann, Ozoh, Elder, Adams, Nelson, Eames.<\/p>\n
Subs: Perri, Byram, Justin, Struijk, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Chambers, Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n