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Derby County host relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic tonight in a must-win game for Frank Lampard's side this evening. 

The Rams come into this one in a terrible run of form that will need to be addressed at the earliest of opportunities if they are to have any chance of reaching the play-offs.

Lampard's men have lost their last four games in all competitions and simply have to win this evening against a Wigan side that are struggling for wins themselves.

Paul Cook's side have drawn their last four league games but are slowly being sucked into a relegation battle with the teams below them picking up vital wins in recent weeks.

Lampard will surely be tempted to make changes to his side as he looks to keep his squad fresh ahead of a hectic set of fixtures from now until the end of the season.

But how could we see the Rams line-up this evening?

Find out below....

[snack_break title="GK: Kelle Roos"]

It certainly seemed harsh to drop Roos for their game against Aston Villa at the weekend, but Scott Carson didn't cover himself in glory so we could see Roos return to the starting XI for this one.

[snack_break title="RB: Jayden Bogle"]

Bogle was another player that was dropped to the bench for their game on Saturday but he could be in line to replace Andre Wisdom at right-back.

[snack_break title="CB: Richard Keogh"]

The Derby skipper is a certain starter for this one, and is yet to miss a game for the Rams this season.

[snack_break title="CB: Fikayo Tomori"]

Tomori has been impressive under Lampard's guidance this season and has formed a formidable partnership in the centre of the Derby defence alongside Richard Keogh.

[snack_break title="LB: Scott Malone"]

Malone could be in line to replace Ashely Cole in the starting XI against Wigan, after the former Chelsea man struggled throughout the game against Aston Villa.

He made some costly errors and was caught out of position a number of times during the course of the game.

[snack_break title="CM: Bradley Johnson"]

Johnson was surprisingly left out of the starting XI for their game against the Villans, with Max Bird being preferred to the former Norwich midfielder.

[snack_break title="CM: George Evans"]

Evans started the game against Villa and is likely to retain his place in the starting XI this evening as he offers the ideal cover to a frail-looking Derby defence heading into this one.

[snack_break title="LAM: Martyn Waghorn"]

Waghorn was left on the substitutes bench for the defeat to Villa at the weekend, but could come into the side to replace Florian Jozefzoon who struggled throughout the defeat against Dean Smith's side.

[snack_break title="CAM: Duane Holmes"]

Holmes has been a rare bright spark in a disappointing few weeks for the Rams and he's likely to start in a more advanced role behind the striker this evening.

[snack_break title="RAM: Harry Wilson"]

Wilson is expected to return to the starting XI after recovering from his injury problems in time for the game this evening.

Derby badly missed his creativity at the weekend, and he'll be key to their chances of coming away from this game with a positive result tonight.

[snack_break title="ST: Jack Marriott"]

Marriott has been Derby's man for goals this season and he has seven league goals to his name so far in the Championship.

He's likely to start ahead of David Nugent for this one and will fancy his chances of adding to that tally.

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