Derby County take on Newcastle United in the Championship this evening.
Derby County starting line-up: Carson; Christie, Keogh, Shackell, Olsson; Bryson, Hughes; Anya, Vydra, Russell; Wilson.
Derby County substitutes: Mitchell, Pearce, Butterfield, Johnson, Bent, Ince, Blackman.
Newcastle United starting line-up: Sels, Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey, Colback, Gouffran, Diame, Gayle.
Newcastle United substitutes: Darlow, Yedlin, Lazaar, Clark, Hayden, Perez, Mitrovic.
Derby County host Newcastle United in the Championship tonight as they look to finally kickstart their season under Nigel Pearson.
The Rams have picked up just one win from the first five games of the season, and have remarkably found the net just once in a goal-shy start to the campaign.
Three new signings have been brought into solve the problem, and all start tonight as Ikechi Anya, Matej Vydra and James Wilson all feature for Pearson’s men.
A strong bench sees the likes of Alex Pearce, Jacob Butterfield, Bradley Johnson, Darren Bent, Thomas Ince and Nick Blackman all at Pearson’s disposal too.
Meanwhile, Newcastle have bounced back from a slow start and head into the game with three straight wins to their name meaning they head into the game in tenth place in the Championship table.
The big team news for the Magpies is that striker Dwight Gayle returns having missed the win over Brighton and Hove Albion before the international break, and he’ll play just ahead of Mohamed Diame.
Rafael Benitez has handed a place on the bench to new signing Achraf Lazaar as well as striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, whilst there’s no place in the squad for Daryl Murphy after his recent move from Ipswich Town.
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