Easter Monday, 17th April, 17:00
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Derby
Derby's faint play-off hopes were all but extinguished on Good Friday when the Rams were out-thought, out-fought and at times out-classed in a 4-0 beating at Brentford, theclub's heaviest defeat in more than five years.
Gary Rowett had previously overseen an unbeaten W3-D1-L0 start to his reign at Pride Park but complained post-match that his new charges were "too easy to play against" as they slipped 10 points adrift of the top-six with four games to play.
County appeared lethargic at times and having used only 12 different players as starters across his first five fixtures, Rowett's expected to rest and rotate his squad for Easter Monday's encounter. Striker David Nugent is rated doubtful.
Huddersfield
Huddersfield manager David Wagner hailed his side's teamwork and togetherness after their dramatic 3-2 win over Preston on Good Friday kept the Terriers entrenched in the play-off positions.
Despite Wagner's men dominating for the majority of the match, Collin Quaner's goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time, firing home the rebound after Aaron Mooy's penalty was saved, was needed to clinch maximum points.
The winning goal sent the John Smith's Stadium crowd into raptures and Wagner has urged the town to get behind his team ahead of the final furlong. However, the visitors could be without Philip Billing here, as well as on-loan Chelsea duo Kasey Palmer and Izzy Brown.
Match Odds
Victory for Huddersfield would bag a first league double over Derby since 1938 when both teams were in the top-flight but recent history hasn't been kind to the Terriers in this encounter.
County have W18-D2-L0 in their last 20 home games against Town with the hosts also arriving on the back of a sole reverse in 16 Pride Park outings (W10-D5-L1). Derby can be backed at 2.26 to pocket maximum points again.
Huddersfield 2.34 fell victim to convincing back-to-back losses in recent trips to struggling Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. Nevertheless, Wagner's troops had W6-D1-L1 in their preceding eight away days suggesting they're well adept at collecting positive results on the road.
But failure to score in four of seven games as guests at top-nine teams and a less than impressive W2-D0-L5 return at the same sample means an away success can be overlooked here.
Over/Under 2.5 Goals
Just 16/42 (38%) of Derby's Championship fixtures have featured Over 2.5 Goals but five of their past six outings have exceeded the goals line, including five of eight encounters at the Ipro Stadium.
Recent form therefore suggest the 2.06 available on Over 2.5 Goals could be a spot of value but Huddersfield haven't been regular profit-makers in the same market with only four games producing more than two goals across their last 10.
A handy alternative could be to back Both Teams To Score at 1.83. It's paid out in six of eight Pride Park matches involving Derby and half of Huddersfield's past 12 away days with the guests recording only five clean sheets on the road all season.
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