Two of the changes are enforced with Markus Olsson and Gael Givet missing out through injury. Martin Olsson comes in for his first start of the season to replace his brother, whilst Grant Hanley comes in for Givet.
Elsewhere, Mauro Formica is preferred to Bruno Ribeiro, whilst there's a start for Ruben Rochina in place of Nuno Gomes...
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| No: | Name: | No: | Name: |
| 1 | Paul Robinson | 12 | Ben Alnwick |
| 2 | Bradley Orr | 3 | Scott Golbourne |
| 3 | Martin Olsson | 6 | Stephen Foster |
| 10 | Mauro Formica | 7 | Stephen Dawson |
| 11 | Jordan Rhodes | 9 | Craig Davies |
| 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 13 | Chris Dagnall |
| 13 | Danny Murphy (c) | 14 | Scott Wiseman |
| 16 | Scott Dann | 19 | Tomasz Cywka |
| 18 | Dickson Etuhu | 21 | Jacob Mellis |
| 23 | Ruben Rochina | 25 | Martin Cranie |
| 31 | Grant Hanley | 34 | Jon Stones |
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| Subs | Name: | Subs: | Name: |
| 34 | Jake Kean | 1 | Luke Steele |
| 4 | Nuno Henrique | 10 | Matty Done |
| 6 | Jason Lowe | 11 | David Perkins |
| 7 | Fabio Nunes | 16 | Marlon Harewood |
| 8 | David Dunn | 17 | Paul Digby |
| 21 | Nuno Gomes | 23 | Kelvin Etuhu |
| 32 | Bruno Ribeiro | 24 | Reuben Noble-Lazarus |