Keogh, Ledley And Vydra Passed Fit To Start At Craven Cottage

Richard Keogh, Joe Ledley and Matej Vydra have all been passed fit to start for Derby County in their Sky Bet Championship clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage, kick-off: 5:30pm.

Ledley missed the meeting with Reading last time entirely with a hamstring injury, whilst Vydra has not featured since the 2-1 win at Norwich City due to a leg injury that he has been managing

Keogh, the Derby captain, was forced to withdraw from the defeat to the Royals two weeks ago after just eight minutes with a slight quadricep injury.

After having time to recover over the international break, however, the trio are fit enough to return for the Rams at Craven Cottage.

Sam Winnall and Johnny Russell drop to the substitutes bench.

One player who is missing today is Andre Wisdom.

The 24-year-old misses the trip to Fulham due to personal reasons – meaning Chris Baird will come into the right full back position to face his former club.

With that, Jamie Hanson is also named in the first team matchday squad for the first time this season and takes his place on the bench.

Fulham: Button, Fredericks, Sessegnon, Odoi, Fonte, Cairney (C), Ayite, Ream, Norwood, Kalas, Edun

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Soares, de la Torre, Kait, S. Sessegnon, Cisse, Kamara

Derby County: Carson, Baird, Keogh (C), Davies, Forsyth; Huddlestone, Ledley; Lawrence, Vydra, Johnson; Nugent

Substitutes: Mitchell, Russell, Martin, Pearce, Winnall, Weimann, Hanson

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