Derby County Head Coach Paul Warne has named his starting line-up for this afternoon’s Sky Bet League One encounter with Stevenage at Pride Park Stadium (3pm kick-off).


Warne has made three changes from Tuesday evening’s impressive 3-0 victory at Exeter City.

Striker James Collins and winger Corey Blackett-Taylor both picked up issues in the match and are ruled out of today’s fixture.

Left-back Callum Elder and midfielder Conor Hourihane have shaken off knocks to be included in the squad, while defender Ryan Nyambe is back in the fold after missing the Exeter trip with a minor problem.

Defenders Sonny Bradley and Nyambe, as well as forward Tom Barkhuizen, come into the side with Collins, Blackett-Taylor and Hourihane stepping out of the starting line-up.


Craig Forsyth, Martyn Waghorn, Conor Washington, Tyreece John-Jules, Josh Vickers and Jake Rooney remain out of action due to injury and are unavailable for selection.

Derby County: Wildsmith (GK), Wilson, Bradley (C), Cashin, Barkhuizen, Bird, Mendez-Laing, Elder, Nyambe, Adams, Nelson.

Substitutes: Loach (GK), Hourihane, Smith, Sibley, Thompson, Fornah, Ward.

Stevenage: Ashby-Hammond (GK), James-Wildin, Butler, Piergianni (C), Forster-Caskey, Freeman, Roberts, Vancooten, Reid, Thompson, Hemmings.

Substitutes: MacGillivray (GK), Sweeney, MacDonald, Burns, White, Pressley, Oliver.