West Bromwich Albion make the short trip to Pride Park to take on Derby County in the Sky Bet Championship on Wednesday night (ko 7.45pm).
The Baggies are the hunt for a fourth second-tier triumph in 2026/27 having secured their third on Saturday - a narrow 1-0 victory over Watford at The Hawthorns courtesy of JJ Morgan's fifth goal of the term in all competitions.
Hosts Derby will be hoping to respond positively to their 3-0 defeat at West Ham United on the same afternoon the Albion beat the Hornets. They're sat on four points from their opening five league fixtures having won one, drawn one and lost three.
Chris Mepham's late header rescued a last-gasp point for the Throstles the last time they visited Pride Park, but Wednesday's hosts are unbeaten in eight in this match up, something James Morrison's men will be determined to change.
LIVE matchday coverage
Supporters can listen to live audio commentary of Albion's encounter with the East Midlanders.
Audio passes are available to purchase here.
WBA Radio duo Gez Mulholland and former player, Andy Johnson, will provide live coverage from Pride Park, starting from 7.30pm.
Details for video streaming on WBA TV will be available here at the earliest possible opportunity.
As always, supporters are kindly asked to direct any questions or complaints about WBA TV or WBA Radio to wbatvsupport@streamamg.com.
The club are unable to answer queries about WBA TV or WBA Radio sent to fans@wbafc.co.uk, myalbion@wbafc.co.uk or enquiries@wbafc.co.uk.
Regular updates will also be posted across the club's social media channels throughout the night.
The hosts
Derby County will be intent on picking up a morale-boosting victory in front of their own supporters on Wednesday night having had a tricky first month of the new campaign.
The Rams, now into their third consecutive season in the Sky Bet Championship, were beaten at home in the Carabao Cup by Lincoln City in their opening match and have since gone on to pick up just four points from their five second-tier clashes.
They return to Pride Park after losing 3-0 down in the capital city at West Ham United on Saturday afternoon, but they've also won 2-0 at Portsmouth since their last home outing - a disappointing 3-0 defeat to high-flying Swansea City.
Derby ended the 2025/26 term in eighth position and just four points off the play-off places, and the locals will hope to see their team challenging in the top half of the division once again this year.
John Eustace is the boss and has been since departing Blackburn Rovers to join the East Midlanders in February 2025. The Solihull-born former Birmingham City gaffer will take charge of his 70th County game when the Baggies come to town. He's won 27, drawn 14 and lost 28 of his previous 69.
Albion's last five results against the Rams
Derby County 1-1 Albion
January 2026, Sky Bet Championship
Albion 0-1 Derby County
September 2025, Sky Bet Championship
Albion 1-1 (p) Derby County
August 2025, Carabao Cup round one
Albion 1-3 Derby County
April 2025, Sky Bet Championship
Derby County 2-1 Albion
December 2024, Sky Bet Championship
Watch highlights of Albion's 1-1 draw at Derby last season below.
Classic clash
Albion were 1-0 winners at Pride Park in August 2003.
Rob Hulse scored the only goal of the game, turning the ball home from close range with less than 15 minutes remaining.
Check out the highlights of that particular Division One showdown below.
Last 10 wins Vs Derby County.
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4. 30th August 2003.
Derby County 0-1 West Brom.
Hulse scored to help make it 5 consecutive wins as we went top of the league.
We went on to get promoted to the Premier League for a 2nd time.#WBApic.twitter.com/1hPsNk3dxC— AllAlbionFans (@AllAlbionFans) January 23, 2026
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Albion will be hoping to bring Derby's run of eight matches unbeaten in this showdown to an abrupt halt on Wednesday. The Rams have won five of those last eight in 90 minutes, drawing the other three. The Baggies' last win over the East Midlanders was a 2-0 home triumph in July 2020.
The Baggies have scored exactly one goal in four of the last five meetings with Derby County.
James Morrison's side will be looking to secure back-to-back clean sheets for the first time this season having earned their maiden one of the campaign at home to Watford on Saturday. The last time they recorded consecutive shutouts was during a run of five straight clean sheets in April 2026.
Derby are searching for their opening home win of 2026/27 having lost to Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup and Swansea City in the Sky Bet Championship, as well as drawing with Cardiff City in the second tier. They're four games without a win in front of their own supporters in total (D1, L3). The Rams' last home win was a 1-0 success against Oxford in the middle of April.
Derby have drawn just one game since Chris Mepham nodded in a late leveller for the Baggies at Pride Park towards the end of January earlier this year - 2-2 against Cardiff at home last month. That means it's just one draw in the last 23 outings in all competitions.
Colours for our travels
The Baggies will wear their red away kit for the third time this season in midweek in the East Midlands.
James Morrison's side have previously donned the red strip in trips to Norwich City and Newcastle United.
Ticket details
Albion have now sold out their away allocation for the Sky Bet Championship game at Derby County.
James Morrison's side travel to Pride Park on Wednesday, September 9 (ko 7.45pm), where they will be backed by 3,000 Baggies fans.
Thanks, as always, for your fantastic support on the road!
Additional information
Any child aged 15 and under must be accompanied by someone aged 18 or above.
Children under the age of two will not be permitted into the stadium.
Pride Park is a cashless stadium.
Duplicate tickets will be available to collect from the away ticket collection point in the south-east corner of the stadium.
