derby county aim to be upset when they take West Ham United this evening FA Cup Fifth Round.
West Ham could field a weakened team, with their priority being to maintain their status in the top flight.
The Hammers are one point and two places outside the relegation zone in the league after a less than expected first half of the season. Derby are fourth in League One.
It is the final match of the fourth round in the famous old competition, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle already out.
Here’s what you need to know about the FA Cup fourth round tie:
When is derby vs west ham?
The match will start at 7.45 PM GMT on January 29.
is it on tv?
Derby v West Ham will be shown live on ITV 4, as well as online on the ITV X platform.
What did the managers say?
Derby boss Paul Warne does not see Monday’s FA Cup tie against West Ham as the same David versus Goliath battle as his first encounter with the Hammers.
Warne, who joined Derby from Rotherham in September, has a history of troubling the Hammers during his time as a player with the Millers in the second tier in 2003. Refusing to change clothes inside the Millmoor dressing room for the London club.
West Ham, with the likes of David James, Michael Carrick and Jermain Defoe, felt the facilities weren’t up to scratch and instead turned to their hotel. Having provided suitable inspiration for Ronnie Moore’s side as they won 1–0, in arguably one of the greatest results in their history, Roeder was dismissed the next day.
Warne said, “It’s a game that’s stuck in my memory, which is too bad.” “We used it as a weapon. We are told that Kitman visited the stadium and told the manager that the size of the dressing rooms was not large enough and was dismissive of the level of facilities.
He said, ‘It got our dressing room excited. We’ve never heard of a team refusing to change in the dressing room, let alone two professional teams. This is unheard of. It inspired us, like ‘Who do they think they are?’
“The times they weren’t in good form we were doing fine so it was a perfect storm, they were on a sticky wicket, we were the home side fighting for everything and we were fired up in words. Our Manager, big thing looking down on us. It blew us away.
West Ham came into the game lacking options up front. Losing Danny Ings to injury was a huge blow for David Moyes, who spent £12 million to get the 30-year-old Aston Villa frontman more goalscoring for his side.
Moyes is already without Italian forward Gianluca Scamaca with a knee injury, leaving Antonio as West Ham’s only fit senior striker for Monday’s FA Cup tie at Derby.
“Unfortunately Danny got injured in the first 15 or 20 seconds of the game,” Moyes said. “We don’t think it’s that bad and it will be a cup tie on Monday anyway, so we’ve got a little bit of grace there.
“Hopefully he’s not going to miss too much. He’s had injections in his knee and hopefully he recovers quickly.”