In their bid to win an immediate promotion back to the Championship this season, Derby County find themselves in an eye-catching run of form under the management of Paul Warne, having gone 14 games unbeaten in England’s third tier dating back to late October.
That run started with six draws and three victories for the Rams, but they appear to have found more of a winning formula in recent weeks, with each of their last five league outings producing three points, as they firstly beat Cambridge United, Accrington Stanley and Cheltenham Town to move closer to the leading pack.
Warne’s men then made it four on the bounce with a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Bolton Wanderers, before travelling to Port Vale in their last third-tier game and triumphing by the same
scoreline, despite trailing by a goal to nil going into the final few minutes, as Nathaniel Mendez-Laingdrew them level before David McGoldrick netted the decisive goal in the final minute before injury time.
They now head into Saturday’s contest on the back of a difficult FA Cup fourth-round tie at home to top-flight West Ham United, and the Derbyshire outfit bowed out of the competition following a 2-0 defeat, as Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio hit goals early in the first and second halves respectively.
Now with their attention fully back on the league, having climbed to fourth place thanks to their winning run with a four-point gap up to third-placed Ipswich Town and eight points separating
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them and Sheffield Wednesday, Warne’s men will aim to give their hopes of promotion another boost and make it six league three-point hauls in a row on Saturday at Pride Park.
Their visitors arrive with plenty of confidence of their own, having hugely improved their standing in the fight for survival in recent weeks.
With just two wins and 15 points on the board from their opening 22 League One matches, Morecambe sat in a particularly concerning position at the bottom of League One, but they would then pull off a crucial 2-0 victory at home to Accrington Stanley before the turn of the year to end an eight-game winless run
