Derby County have made two changes to their starting XI for this afternoon's Championship meeting with Cardiff City.

Tom Ince and Jacob Butterfield have earned recalls, starting in place of Johnny Russell and Jeff Hendrick.

Kenwyne Jones leads the Cardiff attack after being assessed following the international break, while Peter Whittingham returns to the Bluebirds midfield.

Defender Fabio Da Silva and strikers Federico Macheda and Idriss Saadi remain sidelined through injury.

Derby County: Carson; Christie, Keogh, Martin, Shackell; Johnson, Butterfield, Ince, Weimann; Thorne, Warnock
Subs: Grant, Bryson, Hendrick, Bent, Russell, Baird, Pearce

Cardiff City: Marshall; Peltier, Morrison, Connolly, Malone; Noone, Dikgacoi, Whittingham, Ralls; Mason, Jones
Subs: Moore, Tamas, Manga, O'Keefe, John, Ameobi, Kennedy