Next up it’s a home match against Derby County. With Reading winning last Tuesday it’s not looking good for the Rams after their points deduction has put them firmly in the relegation zone.
They’ve been through a lot recently but there was some good news yesterday for them. The clubs administrators have accepted a bid from American businessman Chris Kirchner to buy the club. You have to admire their loyal fans with all the clubs troubles, including a player transfer ban, that their average gate this season is still over 22k.
The reverse fixture saw us play out a 0-0 draw, and Rooney said after the match “I thought we did really well second half - we didn't create too many clear-cut chances, but probably had the better chances.
Martin commented after the match “I am really frustrated. We deserved to win. We had ten shots inside their box, it needs to come to more.”
Derby are not in good form away from home recently with seven straight defeats.
Swans are inconsistent at home and results are not good when they have to play three matches in a week. They’ve been in excellent away form the last two matches though and can hopefully produce the goods on Saturday, even with a short recovery time between matches.
Derby were without a mid-week match this week so will have had plenty of time to prepare for this one.