Match officials for Derby v City

Mr Haywood is a Championship rookie with less than 10 games under his belt at this level. One of his previous games was the 2 - 1 Cardiff win at Preston last December, before we beat Barnsley this midweek, that was City's last away league win.

In 6 games this season he's issued 6 yellow and 2 red cards. His assistansts are D S Bond and S J Ross. The 4th official is M A Sutton.