Ikechi Anya will make his first start since October after being recalled for Derby County’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Wigan Athletic at Pride Park Stadium, kick-off: 3pm.

He replaces Marcus Olsson, who misses out on today’s game after sustaining a hamstring injury in the early stages of the 1-0 win over Birmingham City on Tuesday.Anya, the 28-year-old Scotland international, stepped off the substitutes bench to fill the void left by Olsson, but will now step into the position from the start against the Latics.It represents his first start since the Rams’ 0-0 draw with Brentford in the middle of October.Jamie Hanson, the Derby academy graduate, is named on the substitutes bench as a result of Anya’s inclusion.They are the only two changes to the matchday 18 that was named for that victory over Birmingham earlier this week.With that, Scott Carson, who signed a fresh two-and-a-half year contract on Thursday, maintains his 100 per cent record for starting every league game for the Rams this term.Chris Baird makes his eighth consecutive start in the right back spot and he makes up the back four of Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce and Anya.Bradley Johnson, who scored the winning goal in the reverse of today’s fixture earlier this month, starts once again in the holding midfield role. Jacob Butterfield and Will Hughes continue to be deployed further forward.Tom Ince, Derby’s top goalscorer, will play out on the right flank for the fifteenth straight game. Johnny Russell plays on the side, with both supporting Darren Bent, who leads the Rams’ attack.In a strong looking substitutes bench, Steve McClaren will be in a position to call upon Jonathan Mitchell, Craig Bryson, Jason Shackell, Abdoul Camara, Matěj Vydra, Andreas Weimann and Jamie Hanson should he need them.Carson, Baird, Keogh (C), Pearce, Anya; Johnson, Butterfield, Hughes; Ince, Russell, BentMitchell, Bryson, Shackell, Camara, Vydra, Weimann, HansonJääskeläinen, Buxton, Power, Grigg, Kellett, Gomez, MacDonald, Jacobs, Warnock (C), Wildschut, BurnLavercombe, Le Fondre, Byrne, Davies, Flores, Burke, BarriganTweets by @ dcfcofficial