DEAN Moxey hopes the Derby County fans will stick with the team as they bid to recover from their latest setback on the road.

The Rams lost 2-0 at Middlesbrough on Tuesday night and have now taken only two points away from home this season.

On Saturday, they return to Pride Park, where Derby have won four out of six games, to face Queens Park Rangers.

They went into their last home outing with a point to prove following a midweek 6-1 drubbing at Cardiff City.

And Nigel Clough's side responded well to beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in front of more than 30,000 people.

Moxey is hoping for a similar turn-out – and outcome – this weekend.

"The fans are fantastic and they come out in their numbers," said the 23-year-old left-back.

"After we lost 6-1 at Cardiff, we had 30,000 turn up for the next home match to cheer us on. Hopefully, we can get something like that again.

"We've got to put the last match to bed, not think about it too much and move on to the QPR game.

"Hopefully, we can bounce back again but we don't want to keep doing that. We want to play well in every game.

"Unfortunately, we weren't at our best on Tuesday night and we need to put that right.

"Maybe we are putting more pressure on ourselves at home. I've not really thought about it.

"Obviously, we're doing well at home and not so well away from home. We've got to change that."

Saturday's game, which kicks off at 5.30pm, will be televised live on the BBC.

"It's just another game," said Moxey. "Obviously, we know it's on TV but we can't think about that.

"We've just got to go out there and play – hopefully better than we did at Middlesbrough.

"We've got to do it for ourselves and the fans, not just because it's on TV."

QPR have scored eight goals in their last two games and lie 10th in the Championship, only four points off the top.

"They're not a bad team," added Moxey. "Every team in this division can do a job. Barnsley showed that when they were bottom of the league and they beat us at our place."

Moxey was "massively disappointed" with the result and performance at Middlesbrough, when Adam Johnson scored twice, including a penalty, to secure victory for the home side.

"It was not the best performance from us," said Moxey. "Middlesbrough are not a bad team but we felt we could have got something from the game.

"But we conceded two stupid goals, which have cost us again.

"We had a couple of chances when it was 1-0 but we didn't take them. We're all just massively disappointed.

"We came out well for 10 or 15 minutes after the break but when the second goal went in, that killed us, really.

"You could see the heads go down – it shouldn't happen but it did. Now we need to get the three points on Saturday."

Derby's cause was not helped by early injuries to Kris Commons and Jay McEveley but Moxey is not using this as an excuse.

"It was disappointing to lose two players so early on to injury but that's football," he said. "Sometimes you get injuries and you've got to roll with it.

"We have had a lot of injuries but we can't use that as an excuse. We've got 11 players on the pitch who are out there to do a job – but we didn't do that against Middlesbrough."