Follow live coverage as Derby County face Watford in the Championship today.
An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.
Relegation from the top flight last term means Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will newly-promoted Birmingham City and Wrexham, with a host of hopefuls eyeing up the £200m jackpot that comes with promotion to the top flight. At the other end of the table, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City hope to stay up amid crises.
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Derby County FC 2 - 3 Watford FC
Derby County vs Watford
17:04Match ends, Derby County 2, Watford 3.
Derby County vs Watford
17:02Second Half ends, Derby County 2, Watford 3.
Derby County vs Watford
17:02Kayden Jackson (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Derby County vs Watford
17:00Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
17:00Foul by Mamadou Doumbia (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:58Attempt saved. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Jacob Widell Zetterström (Derby County).
Derby County vs Watford
16:57Nestory Irankunda (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Derby County vs Watford
16:57Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
Derby County vs Watford
16:57Substitution, Derby County. Liam Thompson replaces Sondre Langås.
Derby County vs Watford
16:56Vivaldo Semedo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
16:56Goal! Derby County 2, Watford 3. Edo Kayembe (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a cross following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
16:56Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
Derby County vs Watford
16:51Goal! Derby County 2, Watford 2. Edo Kayembe (Watford) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Derby County vs Watford
16:50Penalty conceded by Joe Ward (Derby County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Derby County vs Watford
16:48Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
Derby County vs Watford
16:47Attempt missed. Dion Sanderson (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Ward with a cross following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
16:45Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Marc Bola.
Derby County vs Watford
16:47Attempt blocked. Ebou Adams (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bobby Clark.
Derby County vs Watford
16:45Callum Elder (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
16:43Offside, Derby County. Dion Sanderson is caught offside.
Derby County vs Watford
16:43Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Marc Bola.
Derby County vs Watford
16:39Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
Derby County vs Watford
16:38Substitution, Derby County. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen replaces Patrick Agyemang.
Derby County vs Watford
16:38Substitution, Derby County. Kayden Jackson replaces Ben Brereton.
Derby County vs Watford
16:41Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mamadou Doumbia.
Derby County vs Watford
16:38Edo Kayembe (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Derby County vs Watford
16:37Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:36Foul by Kévin Keben (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:33Attempt blocked. Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Derby County vs Watford
16:32Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Hector Kyprianou.
Derby County vs Watford
16:30Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
Derby County vs Watford
16:30Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
Derby County vs Watford
16:30Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Nathan Baxter.
Derby County vs Watford
16:29Dangerous play by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:28Goal! Derby County 2, Watford 1. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia with a cross.
Derby County vs Watford
16:27Foul by Othmane Maamma (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:25Ben Brereton (Derby County) is shown the yellow card.
Derby County vs Watford
16:25Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
16:25Attempt blocked. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou.
Derby County vs Watford
16:20Goal! Derby County 2, Watford 0. Sondre Langås (Derby County) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Ward with a cross following a set piece situation.
Derby County vs Watford
16:19Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
16:13Attempt missed. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Derby County vs Watford
16:11Second Half begins Derby County 1, Watford 0.
Derby County vs Watford
15:55First Half ends, Derby County 1, Watford 0.
Derby County vs Watford
15:54Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
15:53Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Nathan Baxter.
Derby County vs Watford
15:52Andreas Weimann (Derby County) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Joe Ward with a cross.
Derby County vs Watford
15:52Foul by Hector Kyprianou (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda.
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Delay in match because of an injury Othmane Maamma (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Dion Sanderson (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Derby County vs Watford
15:50Othmane Maamma (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Derby County vs Watford
15:44Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Derby County vs Watford
15:38Goal! Derby County 1, Watford 0. Dion Sanderson (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
15:43Attempt missed. Bobby Clark (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andreas Weimann following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
15:41Attempt missed. Ebou Adams (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
15:37Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Kwadwo Baah because of an injury.
Derby County vs Watford
15:36Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Edo Kayembe.
Derby County vs Watford
15:35Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Derby County vs Watford
15:34Delay in match because of an injury Kwadwo Baah (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:33Foul by Kwadwo Baah (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:31Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Kévin Keben.
Derby County vs Watford
15:30Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Othmane Maamma.
Derby County vs Watford
15:30Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:30Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:30Attempt blocked. Kwadwo Baah (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Derby County vs Watford
15:30Attempt blocked. Kévin Keben (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Derby County vs Watford
15:29Attempt missed. Sondre Langås (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Ward.
Derby County vs Watford
15:22Attempt missed. Patrick Agyemang (Derby County) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Elder with a cross.
Derby County vs Watford
15:22Attempt missed. Marc Bola (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a cross following a corner.
Derby County vs Watford
15:22Substitution, Derby County. Andreas Weimann replaces Carlton Morris because of an injury.
Derby County vs Watford
15:20Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ebou Adams.
Derby County vs Watford
15:16Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Derby County vs Watford
15:16Delay in match because of an injury Carlton Morris (Derby County).
Derby County vs Watford
15:09Foul by Othmane Maamma (Watford).
Derby County vs Watford
15:03Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
Derby County vs Watford
15:03Attempt missed. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Othmane Maamma.
Derby County vs Watford
15:02First Half begins.
Derby County vs Watford
14:30Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Derby County vs Watford
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