Team News: Cambridge United Vs Derby County

Head Coach Paul Warne has named Derby County’s line-up for their final away fixture of the regular 2023/24 Sky Bet League One season at Cambridge United this afternoon (3pm kick-off).

Warne has elected to name an unchanged starting line-up from last weekend’s convincing 3-0 home win over Leyton Orient at Pride Park Stadium.

The only change in the matchday squad comes on the bench with midfielder Max Bird returning to the fold after just over a month out with a calf injury and he replaces Tyrese Fornah as one of the seven substitute options for Warne to call upon if required.

Forward Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, after being named in the starting XI, will make his 100th appearance for the club and continues to wear the captain’s armband.

Striker James Collins, who scored both goals in Derby’s 2-0 win in the same fixture last season in what was Warne’s first match in charge of the Rams, once again starts in attack.

Cambridge United: Mannion (GK), L Bennett, Andrew, Digby (C), R Bennett, Ibsen-Rossi, Kachunga, Ahadme, Cousins, Gibbons, Bonne.

Substitutes: Chadwick (GK), Brophy, Lankester, Kaikai, Okedina, Taylor, May.

Derby County: Wildsmith (GK), Wilson, Bradley, Cashin, Collins, Mendez-Laing (C), Smith, Thompson, Sibley, Adams, Nelson.

Substitutes: Vickers (GK), Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Bird, Waghorn, Washington, Blackett-Taylor.