Visitors Derby County are on a run of five straight wins in League and Cup. Man in charge49 year-old Paul Warne took over as Derby manager in September. He has had a good start to his Derby career with a 50% win ratio from his first 24 games in charge. Previously in charge at Rotherham, Warne took the club to two promotions and also won the Football League Trophy. Familiar facesStriker James Wilson could miss this game through injury but he retains a connection with both sides. Prior to joining Vale in the summer of 2021 he had a loan spell with Derby back in 2016 where he made four appearances without scoring.
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Port Vale v Derby County preview - a big crowd and a big test for Valiants - onevalefan. co. ukPort Vale v Derby County preview – a big Vale Park crowd is expected as the Valiants aim to do the double on Derby…Match InfoVenue: Vale Park stadiumDate: 24th January 2023, 7. 45pmCompetition: League OnePreambleAfter a lengthy break, the Valiants didn’t exactly impress on telly and then their trip to Morecambe was called off, so they’ll be keen to get back on track against a bang-in-form Derby team. Pre-match commentsThis is the hardest step. Make no bones about it now. We have done brilliantly so far as a club and a group, but this is the hardest jump because the gulf between some of the top teams in this division to, let’s say, the bottom ten or 12 teams in the division is massive, it has never been bigger, and the league gets stronger and stronger…Port Vale manager Darrell ClarkeDarrell Clarke is an excellent manager in terms of managing people and he gets Port Vale working extremely hard.
The visitors will also be missing loanee goalkeeper Joseph Anang who has been recalled by his parent club West Ham. It shouldn’t make any difference to their starting line-up as 27 year-old Joe Wildsmith has been first choice in goal in recent games. Form guideVale’s form is looking distinctly patchy with three losses and two wins in their last five games.
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They are a newly promoted team but they’ve been touching the edge of the play-offs for quite a while now. I appreciate the fact we had a man sent off in the reverse fixture and lost 2-1, but it wasn’t an easy game. They are very organised, everyone knows their role. They are very aggressive from set-pieces it’s a difficult place to go to. It is a relatively local game so a good crowd will be in attendance from our point of view…Derby County assistant head coach Richie BarkerPort Vale team newsIt looks like Vale will have to go into this match with first-choice strikeforce James Wilson and Ellis Harrison on the sidelines.
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