Overview

• Kick-off is 8pm on Friday, August 22 at Pride Park, with live coverage on Sky Sports Football.
• Derby have opened with defeats to Stoke (3-1) and Coventry (5-3), conceding eight in two league games despite around 10 summer signings.
• Bristol City have taken four points from two league matches under Struber, including a 4-1 win at Sheffield United, and also advanced in the EFL Cup.
• Derby expect six absentees, with Rhian Brewster and Kane Wilson being assessed for fitness, while Bristol list Joe Williams, Luke McNally, Cameron Pring and Max O’Leary as out.
• Betting markets make the visitors favourites (around 6-4 for City, 15-8 Derby, 2-1 the draw), and Sky’s David Prutton predicts a 2-2 draw.