Cocu Names His Side For Derby’s Final Day Encounter At Birmingham City

Derby County manager Phillip Cocu has confirmed the starting line-up for his side’s final fixture of the 2019/20 Sky Bet Championship season at Birmingham City this evening (7:30pm kick-off).

Cocu has made three changes to the line-up which started against title-winners Leeds United at Pride Park Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the Rams’ final home fixture of the campaign.

Forward Tom Lawrence sustained a shoulder injury early on against Leeds and is ruled out, while Craig Forsyth and Louie Sibley revert to the substitutes’ bench.

Midfielder Graeme Shinnie and Academy duo Lee Buchanan and Jason Knight are the trio to come into the starting XI.

Buchanan and Knight’s inclusion means four Academy graduates are in Derby’s starting line-up against the Blues, while a further four are also on the bench.

Striker Jack Marriott is again a substitute after making his comeback from groin surgery in the Rams’ last two league outings against Cardiff City and Leeds United.

Defender Andre Wisdom, midfielder Duane Holmes and Polish international Krystian Bielik remain out of action due to injury.

Birmingham City: Camp (GK), Pedersen, Roberts, Colin, Crowley, Jutkiewicz, Bela, Dean (C), Gardner, Bellingham, Sunjic.

Substitutes: Trueman (GK), Harding, Kieftenbeld, Fernandez, Bajrami, Boyd-Munce, Burke, Hogan, Reid.

Derby County: Roos (GK), Shinnie, Waghorn, Clarke, Martin, Rooney (C), Davies, Bogle, Knight, Bird, Buchanan.

Substitutes: Hamer (GK), Forsyth, Jozefzoon, Marriott, Evans, Lowe, Sibley, Whittaker, Brown.