Good Friday in the Sky Bet Championship takes Luton Town to Pride Park for a relegation six-pointer against Derby County, live on Sky Sports Football in the UK (Friday, 12.30pm).
Matt Bloomfield’s Hatters are three points behind Friday’s hosts, with victory being the perfect response to last week’s defeat against Blackburn Rovers.
John Eustace’s Rams were in desperate need of points when they won four consecutive games to push themselves above the drop zone.
The opposition
Eustace replaced Paul Warne at the Pride Park helm in February and had a baptism of fire with back-to-back defeats against Millwall and Middlesbrough.
The four matches that followed had the desired impact that Eustace would have hoped for, with a quartet of victories moving the Rams out of the relegation zone.
Defeat at Swansea City followed before back-to-back draws with Burnley and Portsmouth keeping the hosts out of the bottom three going into Good Friday.
Marcus Harness and Jerry Yates (both pictured) are the men in form for Derby, with the latter grabbing two goals in the last three games to take his tally up to nine for the season.
Last time we met
A dramatic late turnaround by Luton meant we took all three points against Derby when we met at Kenilworth Road in December.
An 89th minute equaliser and 92nd minute winner flipped the game on its head, with Carlton Morris scoring another Kenilworth Road winner.
How to follow live
There are multiple ways to watch, listen or follow all the action from Pride Park.
If you cannot join us in Derby and are following from overseas in one of the countries listed below, you can watch the game live on LTFC+.
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Not at Pride Park and not based in one of the listed countries? You can still listen to the match live with Simon Pitts or follow game updates on our dedicated Match Centre.
Officials
The referee for our fixture against Derby will be James Linington.
76 yellow cards and one red card has been handed out by Linington across his 20 games this season.
14 of Linington’s 20 games this season have been Championship fixtures.
Linington last officiated a Luton fixture when we hosted a stalemate against Hull City on the final day of the 2022/23 season.
Referee: James Linington
Assistant Referees: Graham Kane & Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Gavin Ward
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In the event that any Luton supporters do make discriminatory chants, the Club will work with the police and football authorities to help identify such individuals. Any such fans would then face the strictest club sanctions, including football banning orders that would prevent them attending any matches, in addition to any criminal charges.
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