Chris Martin, Will Hughes and Johnny Russell all make their first league starts of the 2016/17 Sky Bet Championship season against Preston North End this evening, kick-off: 7:45pm.

Martin and Hughes replace Darren Bent and Jeff Hendrick respectively, whilst Russell, the Scotland international, comes into the side in place of Nick Blackman at Deepdale.

Bent, after suffering a minor ankle problem, is named on the substitutes bench, whilst Hendrick, who departed prematurely at the weekend with a hamstring injury, misses out on tonight’s trip to Lancashire altogether.

Blackman is named on the Rams’ bench for the meeting with Simon Grayson’s side.

That aside, the Derby backline five remains the same with Scott Carson taking his place in goal and Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Jason Shackell and Craig Forsyth taking their place in defence.

Russell, 26, takes his place out wide, with Jacob Butterfield on the other flank, and Craig Bryson and Hughes take up their positions in the middle of the park.

Tom Ince, for the third straight league fixture, lines up in the number 10 position with Martin leading the line for Nigel Pearson’s outfit.

Notably, Abdoul Camara is named on the substitutes bench for the first time this season after recovering from an injury that kept him out for a large chunk of Derby’s pre-season campaign.

Rams Player HD spoke to Derby County's assistant manager, Chris Powell, to get a full review of tonight's team news.

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Preston North End: Lindegaard, Cunningham, Clarke (C), Wright, Browne, Beckford, Gallagher, Doyle, Grimshaw, Pringle, Robinson

Substitutes: Pearson, Humphrey, Makienok, Johnson, Spurr, Maxwell, Hugill

Derby County: Carson, Christie, Keogh (C), Shackell, Forsyth; Russell, Bryson, Hughes, Butterfield; Ince, Martin

Substitutes: Grant, Bent, Baird, Johnson, Pearce, Camara, Blackman

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