 Another brace followed in a 3–0 win at Reading on 18 October, an 81st-minute penalty condemned Blackpool to a 1–0 defeat on 21 October and he scored another against Fulham, this another penalty in a 5–2 League Cup win, before getting the opening goal in a 2–1 defeat to Brentford on 1 November.After four matches without a goal, Martin scored another brace, his fourth of the season and seventh for Derby, in a 3–0 win against Brighton on 6 December.His fifteenth and sixteenth goals of the season came in a 2–2 draw against Norwich City on 20 December and in a 4–0 win against Birmingham City on Boxing Day.