Winnall And Ledley Make First Rams Starts At Brentford

Sam Winnall and Joe Ledley will make their first Derby County starts in tonight’s Sky Bet Championship match against Brentford, kick-off: 7:45pm.

The pair come into the starting XI as part of five changes Gary Rowett has made to the team that has begun the Rams’ last three League outings.

Curtis Davies and Tom Lawrence have been passed fit to retain their starting places after the Derby manager told the media on Monday that the duo were struggling with minor groin problems.

Andre Wisdom, Craig Forsyth and Mason Bennett also start at Griffin Park this evening – the latter for the first since October 2013

Chris Baird, Matej Vydra, Andreas Weimann and David Nugent are named on the substitutes bench, whilst Marcus Olsson is not named in the matchday squad.

Notably, Tom Huddlestone will make his 100th Derby start this evening, whilst Lawrence is also making his 100th career start.

Brentford: Bentley, Henry, Bjelland, Yennaris (C), Maupay, Watkins, Woods, Sawyers, Clarke, Dalsgaard, Barbet

Substitutes: Daniels, Jozefzoon, McEachran, Mototjo, Shaibu, Chatzitheodoridas, Mepham

Derby County: Carson, Wisdom, Keogh (C), Davies, Forsyth; Huddlestone, Ledley; Bennett, Johnson, Lawrence; Winnall

Substitutes: Mitchell, Martin, Baird, Pearce, Weimann, Vydra, Nugent

Not travelling to Griffin Park this evening? Details of how you can follow Derby’s clash with Brentford with RamsTV can be found here.