Gregory Starts In One Change For Middlesbrough Clash

Manager Wayne Rooney has made one change from the side which lined up against Rotherham United for this afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Middlesbrough at Pride Park Stadium (3pm kick-off).

And it’s one of Derby’s Deadline Day signings that has been handed their full debut by the Rams' manager.

Lee Gregory, who joined on loan from Stoke City for the rest of the season, will line up in attack as Max Bird moves to the substitutes' bench.

Patrick Roberts, who spent the first half of the season on loan at Boro, is named as a substitute alongside fellow Deadline Day signings Teden Mengi and Beni Baningime.

The Rams are aiming to make it three wins out of three on home soil and it’s an extra special day for Jason Knight, who celebrates his 20th birthday today.

Derby County: Marshall (C), Wisdom, Shinnie, Jozwiak, Waghorn, Byrne, Kazim-Richards, Clarke, Gregory, Buchanan, Knight.

Substitutes: Roos, Forsyth, Bird, Mengi, Sibley, Roberts, Baningime, McDonald, Watson.

Middlesbrough: Bettinelli, Dijksteel, Morsy, Assombalonga (C), Howson, McNair, Watmore, Fisher, Kebano, Saville, Bola.

Substitutes: Archer, Johnson, Hall, Akpom, Fletcher, Mendez-Laing, Spence, Coulson.