Rooney Makes Three Changes For Swansea City Clash

Manager Wayne Rooney has made three changes to the side which beat Preston North End last week for this afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship fixture against Swansea City (3pm kick-off).

The Rams are in must-win territory as they travel to South Wales in a bid to keep their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Sky Bet Championship alive.

And Rooney has made a trio of changes for the game. One is enforced as Max Bird serves the first of his three-match suspension following his dismissal against the Lilywhites.

Goalscorer from that game, Ravel Morrison, returns to the starting line-up, as does midfielder Krystian Bielik who came on as a second half substitute. Jason Knight moves to the substitute’s bench.

Elsewhere, Liam Thompson comes back into the starting XI in place of Festy Ebosele who is named as a substitute.

There is also a place on the bench for Under-18s winger Carlos Richards who has impressed the manager in training this week.

Swansea City: Fisher, Cabango, Fulton, Grimes (C), Obafemi, Paterson, Wolf, Piroe, Latibeaudiere, Christie, Naughton.

Substitutes: Hamer, Manning, Smith, Ntcham, Joseph, Ogbeta, Congreve.

Derby County: Allsop, Byrne, Bielik, Lawrence, Morrison, Buchanan, Ebiowei, Davies, Cashin, Thompson, Plange.

Substitutes: Roos, Forsyth, Stearman, Ebosele, Knight, Richards, Cybulski.