John Eustace takes charge of Derby County for the first time as the Rams head to London to face Queens Park Rangers on Friday (20:00 GMT). While County are fourth-bottom and only out of the relegation zone on goal difference,

Follow live coverage as Queens Park Rangers face Derby County 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.

Derby County fell to a 4-0 defeat against Queens Park Rangers in the Sky Bet Championship at Loftus Road on Friday night. Ilias Chair struck an impressive effort from a distance to give QPR a goal advantage in the 21st minute, which Koki Saito doubled before the end of the half.

Derby County were emphatically beaten at QPR in John Eustace's first game as boss since returning to the club. The Rams dropped into the Championship relegation zone as their goal difference took a battering at Loftus Road. A rocket from Ilias Chair followed by Koki Saito's second goal of the season put the Rs in control at half-time.

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The Rams will head to Queens Park Rangers in their latest Sky Bet Championship fixture (8pm kick-off). Here’s how you can follow the action on RamsTV via dcfc.co.uk and the official Derby County App.

Matt Grimes - making his first league start for the home side since moving from Swansea in January - lined-up a shot from just outside the box which the Rangers custodian saved at full-stretch, before scrambling to block Ellis Simms' follow-up.

The upcoming clash with Derby offers QPR a big opportunity to halt their negative momentum, as the Rams have lost eight and drawn two of their last 10 across all competitions, and a win could see Cifuentes's men move level on points with eighth-placed Coventry City.

Bobby Thomas scored a winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Coventry beat QPR 1-0 at the CBS Arena. The game looked to be heading for stalemate when Thomas nodded in from Jack Rudoni's corner to earn Frank Lampard's men a fifth win in six league outings.

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Blackburn Rovers are contending with several injury issues heading into this match, including Arnor Sigurdsson (thigh), Harry Pickering (knee), Hayden Carter (knee), Scott Wharton (cruciate ligament), Sondre Tronstad (hamstring), Yuki Ohashi (ankle) and Zak Gilsenan (muscle).