Friday, March 29, 2024

Butland to remain with Derby for Watford clash

Jack Butland has extended his stay with Championship leaders Derby County for a further seven days, according to TalkSport.

The Stoke City shot-stopper was drafted in by Rams boss Steve McClaren as cover for Lee Grant, who has missed the last five league games with an ankle injury.

With the ex-Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday keeper not yet cleared to be fit for Saturday’s trip to fellow promotion hopefuls Watford, Butland is set to make a sixth appearance for the East Midlands club, having kept clean sheets in two of his previous five outings.

Derby, who lost in the final of the Championship Play-Offs to Queens Park Rangers back in May, thrashed Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 last time out to tighten their grip on top spot in the second tier.

They lead second place Bournemouth by a point, and can now be backed at a price of 9/4 to win the division outright.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Deke Hardman


Freelance football writer with a love of the game that goes back to the mid nineties when both his beloved Nottingham Forest and England had genuine hope of acheiving some level of success. A regular contributor to both SoccerNews.com and FreeBetting.com, Deke also dabbles in music journalism with his heart and head still stuck in the latter years of the twentieth century.

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