Derby Make One Change For West Bromwich Albion Clash

Derby County manager Phillip Cocu has made one change to his starting line-up for this afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship fixture against automatic promotion hopefuls West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns (5pm kick-off).

Scottish midfielder Graeme Shinnie comes into the starting line-up at the expense of youngster Jason Knight, who has reverted to the bench.

Shinnie makes his first start since the resumption of the campaign back in June, having previously come off the bench in all four of Derby’s behind-closed-doors fixtures.

The midfielder’s inclusion is the only change to the starting line-up from Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Nottingham Forest.

Tom Lawrence and Martyn Waghorn both miss out due to suspension while Andre Wisdom, Jack Marriott and Krystian Bielik remain out of action due to injury.

On the bench are six players from the club’s Academy set-up in the form of Jason Knight, Max Lowe, Morgan Whittaker, Lee Buchanan, Jordan Brown and Jamal Hector-Ingram.

USA international midfielder Duane Holmes makes his 200th appearance in club football after being named in the starting line-up.

West Bromwich Albion: Bartley, Asayi, Livermore, Pereira, Grosicki, Townsend, Austin, Sawyer, O’Shea, Diangana.

Substitutes: Furlong, Robson-Kanu, Krovinovic, Phillips, Brunt, Harper, Peltier, Bond, Robinson.

Derby County: Hamer, Forsyth, Shinnie, Clarke, Evans, Martin, Holmes, Rooney, Bogle, Sibley, Bird.

Substitutes: Roos, Jozefzoon, Lowe, Davies, Knight, Buchanan, Whittaker, Hector-Ingram, Brown.