Following a well-fought victory against Preston North End prior to the international break, the gaffer has stuck with the same team that started that fixture – the only change being George Moncur on the bench in place of Tom Lockyer.

Returning from national duty, Simon Sluga starts in goal whilst James Collins and Joe Morrell are amongst the substitutes.

Town: Sluga; Bree, Pearson, Naismith, Clark; Rea (C), Tunnicliffe, Mpanzu, Dewsbury-Hall; Cornick, Adebayo.

Substitutes: Shea, Cranie, Berry, Moncur, Collins, LuaLua, Nombe, Morrell, Ince

Derby: Marshall (C); Byrne, Wisdom, Clarke, Forsyth; Shinnie, Bird, Sibley, Lawrence; Gregory, Waghorn

Substitutes: Roos, Jozwiak, Kazim-Richards, Mengi, Roberts, Buchannan, Knight, Watson.