Derby County 4-0 Portsmouth: Paul Warne’s males earn key win in Championship relegation battle as they break winless run with riotous efficiency at Delight Park

Derby satiated their starvation for a win with a voracious first half as they dealt Championship strugglers Portsmouth a masterclass in ending their dinner.

The Rams have been winless in six and had solely scored 4 targets in that interval however first-time efforts from Kane Wilson, Eiran Cashin, and Ebou Adams within the opening half-hour left the guests dumbfounded – earlier than Marlon Pack later prodded the ball into his personal internet.

If Arsenal’s set-piece coach Nicolas Jover is worthy of a mural then whoever is concocting Derby’s deadball ways may demand a citadel be inbuilt his title. Or not less than a pay rise.

Derby have now hit 12 targets from set performs after Cashin’s header added to their fearsome repute. Final season they totalled 25. So, who’s behind this?

‘I can’t provide you with names as a result of I’d should shoot you,’ says supervisor Paul Warne. ‘We now have 5 or 6 favorite corners nevertheless it is determined by how the opposition marks, so if we predict there’s a vulnerability within the entrance zone or no matter then we’ll earmark that. 

‘We’re not cleverer than anybody else nevertheless it’s at all times concerning the supply and the need to get on it and the timing.’ No mural, then? ‘No, we’re undoubtedly not into that.’

‘Cashin’s leap to get above all people and head it’s credit score to him and his dedication.’

Kane Wilson had given the Rams a deserved lead after eight minutes with a end contained in the field following delicate work on the left by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, who was a power all night till he got here off. 

Paul Warne’s males obtained their customary set-piece aim with 23 minutes gone, as Cashin rose to nod residence a nook, his effort bouncing cruelly over the leaping Callum Lang’s head.

And the Rams have been in dreamland 29 minutes in as Adams scraped them 3-0 up, his close-range effort deflecting in off Tom McIntyre after Craig Forsyth had overlapped Mendez-Laing to drive within the cross.

So as to add insult to harm, former Pompey man Marcus Harness compelled an personal aim after 65 minutes as his cross was prodded in by a hapless Marlon Pack.

Pompey didn’t play awfully however lacked inspiration. Josh Murphy peppered Derby’s field with crosses however Jacob Widell Zetterstrom was equal to the problem off his line each time. Portsmouth’s artistic spark was dim, as they’d simply three pictures to the hosts’ 17. 

Paul Warne’s aspect go 14th within the desk however Portsmouth danger falling again into the drop zone this weekend after their run of 4 video games unbeaten was pulverised at Delight Park. They’d solely escaped it for the primary time since August in midweek with a 0-0 draw towards Norwich. 

The final time Derby beat Portsmouth was again in April 2012 and that was to relegate Pompey from the Championship. John Mousinho has a job on his fingers as his aspect battle to acclimatise after promotion. 

‘We deserved to believe coming into the sport however one thing has gone flawed and we haven’t carried out,’ mentioned gaffer John Mousinho.

‘We haven’t constructed up sufficient credit score within the financial institution to place in a efficiency and a outcome like that however we’re in a a lot, significantly better place now than we have been beforehand and I feel the acid check goes to be subsequent week once we play Coventry at residence.’