Derby County travel to Lincoln City in League One this afternoon.
Derby County make the short trip to Lincoln City today, for what should be an entertaining clash between tow teams in the mix for the top six.
The Rams are well within the mix; they currently sit in 3rd place of the League One table but sit just a point behind leaders Portsmouth after a run of one defeat in their last 12 league fixtures.
The Imps meanwhile are falling behind; they currently sit in 12th place of the table but a resurgence in the second half of the season could see them close what is a huge 16-point gap to 6th place Oxford United.
Derby and Lincoln met just last month with Paul Warne‘s side winning 3-1 at Pride Park.
Derby County team news latest
The Rams have a few injury concerns right now, with Craig Forsyth the latest to join the treatment room; the left-back now faces a month on the sidelines after picking up a calf injury earlier in the month.
Martyn Waghorn is also nursing a calf injury and looks to be sidelined for the same amount of time as Forsyth, whilst Conor Washington and Jake Rooney remain longer-term absentees for Derby County.
How will Paul Warne line up against Lincoln City today?
The last performance vs Burton Albion wasn’t the most vintage one we’ve seen from Derby this season.
But they got a win in the end and having had five days rest since then, and with the Rams still in fine form in League One, expect Warne to want to field an unchanged XI.
The back-line was settled before Forsyth’s injury but Callum Elder is a worthy replacement on the left-side of defence.
Whilst Derby’s XI is brimming with quality and in form players, Warne doesn’t have too many options to rotate, or too much quality on the bench to give his side a bit of something new.
Expect James Collins to lead the line once more with Tyreece John-Jules in the no.10 position.
Here’s how we think Derby County will line up against Lincoln City this afternoon…
Vickers (GK)
Elder
Cashin
Nelson
Wilson
Hourihane
Bird
Barkhuizen
John-Jules
Mendez-Laing
Collins