Derby County will aim to keep in touch with the Championship play-off places when they welcome promotion-chasing Middlesbrough on New Year's Day (15:00 GMT kick-off).
The Rams are 14th and six points behind the top six after a run of just one win in seven games (D3 L3).
Boro missed the chance to close the gap to leaders Coventry with a 1-0 defeat to Hull on Monday night and remain eight points behind, while they are two clear of Ipswich and Hull in third and fourth respectively.
Kim Hellberg won his first four games in charge of Boro, but is now without victory in the past three (D1 L2).