Nottm Forest V Derby Sky Bet Championship Match 28 -September 2013.Nottingham Forest will assess defender Kelvin Wilson, who has yet to fully recover from a back injury.
Nathaniel Chalobah, who signed on loan from Chelsea last week, should make his home debut.
Paul Coutts has added to Derby's injury problems - the midfielder faces up to five months out with a dislocated kneecap.Watch Nottm Forest V Derby Live, Watch Nottm Forest V Derby Live Stream, Watch Nottm Forest V Derby Free Live Stream, Watch Nottm Forest V Derby Online, Watch Nottm Forest V Derby Online Free, Nottm Forest V Derby Live, Nottm Forest V Derby live stream Online.
He joins fellow midfielders Jeff Hendrick (ankle) and James Bailey (knee) on the sidelines.
• Nottingham Forest lead Derby by 36 wins to 34 after 92 competitive meetings spanning 121 years, and each club has scored 141 goals.
• The 1-1 draw at Pride Park in January was the first time in five clashes of these arch east Midlands rivals that a player had not been sent-off.
• Derby are vying for a fourth win in five Championship meetings, while Forest are looking for a first home win over the Rams since prevailing 5-2 in December 2010.
• Nottingham Forest have drawn their last two league games, are hunting a fifth league victory of the season and top the Championship's "home" table (W3, D1, L0).
• Forest kicked off the league campaign with three clean sheets, then conceded one goal in their fourth outing, and have let in two in each of the most recent four games.
• Billy Davies is plotting tactics against the club he took up to the Premier League via the play-offs in May 2007.
I will shake hands with Davies - Clough
• Derby have won three of their eight league games, but have lost three of the most recent six.
• They top of the Championship's "away" table (W3, D1, L0), are the leading scorers on the road in the division (12 in four), and need one victory to match the total they achieved on their league travels last term.
• Manager Nigel Clough is taking on the club for which he made over 400 appearances and scored over 130 goals in two playing spells at the City Ground.
• Ever present 'keeper Lee Grant is anticipating his 350th career league appearance.