FULL TIME: Reading FC 0 - 3 Derby County.

86 mins. Reading have been taught a harsh lesson today. Nigel Adkins claimed Derby are the best side in the division and you can see why.

No wins in six for Royals in all competitions now and they have conceded three goals in three of their last four matches.

79 mins. GOAL. Reading FC 0 - 3 Derby County (Chris Martin).

Game, set and match. Lovely interplay in midfield sees Russell's flick send Martin away and the striker made no mistake with an accomplished finish.

74 mins: READING CHANCE.

Miss of the season contender from Pavel Pograbnyak.

Blackman, who has been excellent since he came on, saw his angled shot palmed away by Grant.

The ball landed right at Pogrebnyak's feet five yards out with half an open goal to aim at.

But, you've guessed it, the Russan shot into the side netting when it was easier to score. Incredible miss.

70 mins: TRIPLE READING SUBSTITUTION.

Aaron Kuhl for Norwood, Blackman for Robson-Kanu and Pogrebnyak for Mackie.

Last throw of the dice from Royals now.

68 mins. DERBY BOOKING: John Eustace gets a yellow for a bad tackle on Murrray.

65 mins. DERBY BOOKING:

Cyrus Christie goes in the book.

61 mins. READING CHANCE:

Norwood chips a free-kick to Peace whose header is held by Grant. A training ground routine almost came off there.

TODAY'S ATTENDANCE: 18, 141 (Derby 1,888)

56 mins. Still no sign of Reading pulling a goal back here. And as they keep pushing men forward, they are leaving huge gaps at the back.

Expect Nigel Adkins to make substitution or two very soon.

50 mins. DERBY CHANCE: Nearly a third goal for the Rams. Firstly, Russell's pass split open Reading's defence but Martin's shot was well saved by Federici for a corner.

From that flag-kick, the ball lands kindly for Martin who looks certain to score from eight yards out. But on this occasion the Derby striker fired over the bar with the goal at his mercy. Let off for Reading there.

4.05pm: Reading get the second half underway. This is a big 45 minutes for the Royals.

4.05pm: Derby make a sub at half time with Ryan Shotton replacing skipper Richard Keogh, who was an injury doubt before kick-off.

4.03pm. So the general opinion in the press room at half-time is that Reading can't defend at the moment. And if you are struggling to stop opposition teams from scoring, you are going to struggle to win matches.

HALF TIME: Reading FC 0 - 2 Derby County.

44 mins. YELLOW CARDS.

Reading's Michael Hector and Derby's Zak Whitbreak go in the book.

43 mins. DERBY SUB:

Enforced substitution as Johnny Russell replaces the injured Jamie Ward.

37 mins. GOAL. Reading FC 0 - 2 Derby County (Jordan Ibe).

Yet more weak defending from Royals as Ibe picks up the ball on the left, ghosts past Norwood then, with Gunter standing off, curls a low, angled shot into the far corner.

Adam Federici was probably unsighted as Gunter was in his way. The Wales international will be wishing he's put a challenge in and at least stopped Ibe from shooting.

33 mins. READING HIT CROSSBAR.

Glenn Murray is desperately unlucky not to equalise with a superb header from Norwood's corner that crashes against the crossbar with Lee Grant beaten.

26 mins. READING CHANCE: Royals almost snatch an equaliser as Cox's shot is blocked by Rams keeper Lee Grant. The ball then his Robson-Kanu on the follow-up, only to bounce kindly back to Ward. Bit of luck for the Rams there.

18 mins: GOAL. Reading 0 - 1 Derby (Chris Martin).

Disaster for Reading as Chris Martin heads Derby County in front from a corner.

Reading's defending was non-existence as Martin was able to wriggle between a crowd of bodies head the ball in via the far post.

That's a massive blow for Royals who looked the much better side early on. Can they come back?

13 mins. READING CHANCE: Oliver Norwood slams one over the bar from long range.

The Rams are struggling to make any kind of impact in the match, but it's still early days.

9 mins. READING CHANCE: Reading win a corner, Jordan Obita takes but a header from Alex Pearce is easily held by Lee Grant.

Still, it's been a very bright start from the Royals who are bossing these early exchanges.

6 mins. The corner comes to nothing but Reading are keeping the ball well and forcing Derby to retreat at every opportunity.

However, Derby just launched their first counter attack and looked dangerous with it.

5 mins. Good work from Simon Cox to force a Reading corner.

2 mins: READING CHANCE: A promising start from the Royals as Hal Robson-Kanu whips in a tremendous cross from the left but Simon Cox can only head over from eight yards. The ball came quickly at Cox, but he should have hit the target at the very least.

3.01pm. KICK OFF as Derby County get us underway.

2.56 pm: Derby County name a strong line-up today with Will Hughes, Jordan Ibe and Chris Martin all making a start.

Nigel Adkins reckons Rams are the best team in the Championship - let's see shall we...

2.55pm. Oliver Norwood receives his Player of the Month award for October on the pitch. The award is voted for by fans, so well done to the Northern Ireland international!

2.45pm: The stands are filling up now and a crowd of 20,000-plus is expected today.

In today's lunchtime kick off, Cardiff City beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 to leave the Championship title race wide open.

2.31: Change of PA announcer today as BBC Radio Berkshire's Andrew Peach steps in and reads out the teams. Erm, don't give up the day job, Andrew.

2.30pm: Some interesting and frank thoughts from Nigel Adkins in today's programme notes.

He says there has been 'lots of transition' at the club following the takeover by a Thai consortium.

And he also concedes: 'In terms of performances on the pitch I think we can be better in both boxes. We've conceded more goals than I'd like.'

2.20pm: So three changes for Royals as Hal Robson-Kanu, Simon Cox and Jamie Mackie all come into the team.

Royals fans will be hoping Robson-Kanu can emulate his superb display for Wales against Cyprus earlier this week, while Cox will provide support from Glenn Murray in an attack-minded line-up.

READING FC: Federici - Gunter (c), Pearce, Hector, Obita, Norwood, Taylor, Robson-Kanu, Mackie, Cox, Murray. Subs: Andersen, Long, Cooper, Kuhl, Akpan, Blackman, Pogrebnyak.

DERBY COUNTY: Grant; Christie, Keogh, Whitbread, Forsyth; Eustace, Hughes, Bryson; Ibe, Ward, Martin. Subs: Buxton, Hendrick, Russell, Roos, Best, Shotton, Mascarell.

2.15pm: THREE CHANGES FOR READING.

Nigel Adkins makes three changes to the side that lost 3-1 at Brentford last time out.

1.51pm: Good afternoon and it's a dry but muggy day here at the Mad Stad for the big clash this afternoon.

Royals are without a win in five matches in all competitions and boss Nigel Adkins will be desperate to reverse that trend, starting today.

But Derby County may have something to say about that as they aim to continue their excellent start to the campaign under Steve McClaren.

Rams have lost just once in all competitions this season and that was against Charlton two months ago.