Pick of the stats: Queens Park Rangers v Derby County
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John Eustace takes charge of Derby County for the first time as the Rams head to London to face Queens Park Rangers on Friday (20:00 GMT).
While County are fourth-bottom and only out of the relegation zone on goal difference, they have drawn their past two games, following a run of seven straight defeats since the Boxing Day victory over West Bromwich Albion.
QPR have lost three of their past four to fall to 13th but remain just six points adrift of the play-off places.
QPR have won four of their past six league games against Derby County (L2), as many victories as across their prior 20 meetings with the Rams combined (D8 L8).
Derby County have won just two of their past 10 away league games against QPR (D4 L4), with both of those victories coming via 1-0 scorelines in December 2016 and January 2021.
QPR have won six of their past seven home league games (L1), one more than in their previous 23 matches (W5 D9 L9).
Since a 2-1 win at Coventry in November, Derby are winless in their past eight away league games (D3 L5).
QPR have won only one of their past 12 league games against newly promoted sides (D3 L8), though that win came in their most recent game against Oxford United in December (2-0).