Preston North End v Derby County team news: One PNE change for Rams clash at Deepdale

Preston North End interim head coach Frankie McAvoy made one change to the Lilywhites starting XI for the Championship meeting with Derby at Deepdale
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Liam Lindsay returns to the side with Emil Riis - who had a spell with Derby as a teenager - dropping to the bench.

Lindsay missed last Saturday's 0-0 draw at Stoke City as he wasn't allowed to face the club he is on loan from.

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If McAvoy sticks with the 3-5-2 he has favoured in his tenure, Lindsay will slot in between Jordan Storey and Andrew Hughes att he back.

Preston North End defender Liam LindsayPreston North End defender Liam Lindsay
Preston North End defender Liam Lindsay

Sepp van den Berg will move to right wing-back, that releasing Tom Barkhuizen to move up field and partner Ched Evans up front.

Derby's line-up shows two changes, Colin Kazim-Richards and Jason Knight returning to the side.

PNE: Iversen, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes, van den Berg, Ledson, Whiteman, Cunningham, Browne, Barkhuizen, Evans. Subs: Huntington, Molumby, Bayliss, Potts, Sinclair, Gordon, Maguire, Riis, Ripley.

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Derby: Marshall, Byrne, Wisdom, Clarke, Forsyth, Shinnie, Bird, Roberts, Knight, Lawrence, Kazim-Richards. Subs: Edmundson, Waghorn, Sibley, Buchanan, Dixon, Ebosele, Watson, Brown, Roos.

Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham)

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