Rowett Mixes Up Rams’ Squad For Northampton Clash

Gary Rowett has shuffled his pack and made nine changes to the side that defeated 2. Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern for tonight’s pre-season friendly at Northampton Town.

Alex Pearce and Jacob Butterfield are the only players that keep their place in tonight’s starting XI.

The rest of the squad that began the game in Germany are on the bench at Sixfields Stadium, kick-off: 7:45pm.

Curtis Davies, who missed the win over Kaiserslautern due to a personal issue, returns to Rowett’s starting line-up tonight.

Striker Darren Bent is out of action until around Christmas time with a hamstring injury while George Thorne, Jason Shackell, Max Lowe, Nick Blackman and Matej Vydra remain unavailable.

Derby County: Mitchell; Baird, Pearce, Davies, Olsson; Hanson, Bryson, Butterfield; Bennett, Anya, Nugent

Substitutes: Carson, Wisdom, Keogh, Forsyth, Johnson, Huddlestone, Weimann, Russell, Martin

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