With only one win from their last 10 games in League One, the last thing Wycombe need right now is a trip to Derby County, the biggest club in the division, on Saturday, December 16.

Wanderers form has fallen off the edge of a cliff and with some fans demanding a change of manager, Matt Bloomfield will feel the pressure ahead of the visit to Pride Park where Derby have lost just two of their nine league games this season.

This is only the fifth meeting between clubs who have been at opposite ends of the football pyramid for most of their history.

Derby were founder members of the Football League in 1888 and have spent most of the time in the top two divisions, while Wanderers joined the professional ranks only 30 years ago.

In the early 1970s, when Derby twice became English champions and reached a European Cup semi-final, Wycombe were still a non-league outfit.

Recently, the Rams have enjoyed two spells in the Premier League, but they suffered a decline in fortunes after losing their place in the top flight in 2008, winning only one game in the entire season.

They have since suffered major financial problems leading to the club going into administration and were relegated to League One two seasons ago.

They played Wycombe for the first time in November 2020 after Wanderers had won promotion to the Championship for the first time in their history.

The game ended in a 1-1 draw with Bloomfield scoring a late equaliser, his last goal as a Wycombe player before joining the coaching staff.

In the return fixture at Adams Park, Wanderers were unlucky to lose to a stoppage-time goal after having a strike by Daryl Horgan incorrectly ruled out for offside.

Last season, the Chairboys lost 2-1 at Pride Park despite taking the lead through Anis Mehmeti but won the home game 3-2 thanks to goals by Sam Vokes and two by Lewis Wing.

The Chairboys desperately need the boost in confidence a good result at Derby would bring ahead of the festive programme, but another defeat would only deepen the crisis.