Derby County, currently positiioned in the middle of the table, meets the last-placed Bristol City in the round after the break for the World Cup qualifiers.
This pause may not have come in the right moment for Darby who had just managed to achieve three important points against Leicester and broke his long series of eight matches without a win. Despite this decline in shape which lowered the team in the standings, Derby's home record remains relatively quite good - 9 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. In the last 15 games at home ground the team has only 2 losses.
For the guests from Bristol survival in the league will be extremely difficult taks and to get out at least a point in this game will be a big success for them. The performance of Bristol as a guest is poor, in a series of eight games without a win and getting only 2 out of possible 24 points. The team will undoubtedly give everything in their next home game against Sheffield Wednesday, which is their direct competitor in the struggle for survival.
Stable performance of Derby as host and the big advantage of playing at home tipped the scales in this game.