Vitor Matos | We have to remain focused game by game

Head coach Vitor Matos has urged his Swansea City side to focus on the task at hand as they get set for a tough test at Pride Park this afternoon (3pm).

Swansea travel to face the Rams looking to make it three wins in a row following victories over Watford and Sheffield Wednesday respectively.

Since December, Swansea have claimed 25 points from their past 13 games, the best return of any side in the Championship other than leaders Middlesbrough.

The Swans are five points off the play-offs, but Matos has urged that the focus remains on the games ahead and not on the table with all attention for now on a Derby side who are also in good form.

"We need to look to ourselves, look at what we need to improve and we need to be stable emotionally as well, to understand the Championship is really close," he said.

"We don't play the table, we play the games and thankfully it's one at each time, that helps a lot.

"It's up to us to focus on our training because always when you put 50% in you get 50% out.

"If you put 100 per cent in you take 100 per cent out. That's what I want to focus on and that's where I know the players are focusing.

"Derby really know how to hurt opposition teams in different kinds of ways; quick attacks, counter, set-pieces, crosses. We know we need to be at our best to go there."