Derby County v QPR line-ups: Rangers changes, youngster on bench, Rams star misses out
QPR boss Ian Holloway, without the likes of Massimo Luongo and Jordan Cousins, makes a number of changes for tonight’s game at Pride Park.
There are starting places for Yeni Ngbakoto, Pawel Wszolek and David Wheeler, while strikers Idrissa Sylla, Matt Smith and Conor Washington are all on the bench, where they are joined by young midfielder Ilias Chair.
With the ill Luongo unavailable along with club captain Nedum Onuoha, Jack Robinson skippers the side.
Derby, meanwhile, are without Bradley Johnson, who went off during the Rams’ 1-1 draw at Fulham on Saturday.
Derby: Carson, Baird, Keogh, Davies, Forsyth, Huddlestone, Ledley, Weimann, Lawrence, Vydra, Nugent.
Subs: Mitchell, Russell, Martin, Wisdom, Pearce, Thorne, Thomas.
QPR: Smithies, Baptiste, Lynch, Robinson, Wszolek, Scowen, Ngbakoto, Freeman; Bidwell, Mackie, Wheeler.
Subs: Lumley, Washington, Manning, Smith, Petrasso, Chair, Sylla.