Derby County Head Coach Paul Warne has named a much changed side for this evening’s Bristol Street Motors Trophy Groupr Stage tie against Wolves Under-21s at Pride Park Stadium (7pm kick-off).
There are 10 changes in total from the 2-2 draw with Crewe Alexandra on Sunday in the First Round of the Emirates FA Cup with defender Sonny Bradley being the only player to keep his place.
There’s a first-team debut for Under-21s midfielder Adebayo Fapetu whilst fellow Under-21s players Darren Robinson and Dajaune Brown also get the nod from the off in their first senior starts.
It’s an extremely young bench for the Rams with goalkeeper Scott Loach being the only senior professional amongst the seven substitutes with a number of Under-21s and Under-18s called up to the squad.
A point this evening will be enough to guarantee Derby passage into the knockout stages of the competition.
The Teams
Derby County: Vickers (GK), Wilson, Bradley (C), Cashin, Collins, Sibley, Elder, Fornah, Robinson, Brown, Fapetu.
Substitutes: Loach (GK), Allen, Cox, Weston, Hawkins, Wheeldon, Osayande.
Wolves U21s: Bentley (GK), Gonzalez, Barnett, Farmer, Rees, Kandola, Birtwistle, Keto-Diyawa, Whittingham, Hubner, Chiwome.
Substitutes: Young (GK), Esen, Kaleta, Ojinnaka, McLeod, Lopes, Harper.
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