Head Coach Paul Warne has named his Derby County side to take on Port Vale at Pride Park Stadium in their first Sky Bet League One outing of March this afternoon (3pm kick-off).


Warne has made three changes from the 2-1 home reverse against Charlton Athletic on Tuesday night.

Tom Barkhuizen, Louie Sibley and Joe Ward are the trio that come into the side to face the Valiants.

Defender Ryan Nyambe misses out after suffering an injury in the early stages of the second half against the Addicks while captain Conor Hourihane is back after a slight hamstring issue and is named on the bench.

Kane Wilson and Korey Smith, who both started in the reverse against Charlton, revert to the bench.

Derby County: Wildsmith (GK), Bradley, Cashin, Barkhuizen, Bird, Mendez-Laing, Sibley, Ward, Gayle, Adams, Nelson.

Substitutes: Loach (GK), Wilson, Hourihane, Waghorn, Smith, Thompson, Blackett-Taylor.

Port Vale: Ripley (GK), Lopata, Garrity (C), Chislett, Ojo, Iacovitti, Massey, Weir, Plant, Shorrock, Debrah.

Substitutes: Leutwiler (GK), Smith, Clark, Mighten, Lowe, Depepa, Walters.