Follow live coverage as Derby County face Queens Park Rangers 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.

Following back-to-back wins over Bristol City and strugglers Cardiff City either side of the September international break, Derby County have been brought firmly back down to the ground with three consecutive losses in the Championship, reminding them that avoiding a bottom-three finish is set to be very difficult task this season.

Derby County will be hoping to head into the international break with a victory under their belt as they face QPR at Pride Park this afternoon. In what is the final game before a two-week hiatus from the Championship, Paul Warne will look to arrest a run of three successive defeats.