Rooney Makes Three Changes For Preston North End Clash

Manager Wayne Rooney has made three changes to his starting line up for this afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Preston North End (3pm kick-off).

The Rams were last in action two weeks ago as they drew 1-1 with Coventry City prior to the international break, and now have seven games remaining as they bid to relegation to Sky Bet Championship.

Luke Plange returns in attack for the Rams, whilst there is also a start for Festy Ebosele who makes his first start since the 2-0 victory over Barnsley last month.

Jason Knight, who represented Republic of Ireland during the international break, is also named in the starting line-up.

Krystian Bielik is also named as a substitute after helping Poland reach the World Cup last week, whilst Ravel Morrison also starts on the bench after only returning to the country on Friday.

Morrison played 270 minutes of football for Jamaica over the past two weeks and scored his first international goal against Honduras and is named on the bench.

Derby County: Allsop, Byrne, Bird, Lawrence (C), Buchanan, Ebiowei, Davies, Ebosele, Knight, Cashin, Plange.

Substitutes: Roos, Forsyth, Bielik, Morrison, Stearman, Sibley, Cybulski.

Preston North End: Iverson, Whiteman, Bauer, Lindsay, Browne (C), Evans, Johnson, Rafferty, Hughes, Riis, Archer.

Substitutes: Ripley, van den Berg, McCann, Maguire, Sinclair, Potts, Murphy.