SIXTEEN-year-old striker Mason Bennett has been handed his first start of the season for Derby County in their Championshiop encounter against Barnsley.
Bennett replaces Conor Sammon up front for the Rams as manager Nigel Clough makes three changes to the side that lost at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Top scorer Jamie Ward (hamstring) and player of the year Craig Bryson (groin) both miss out due to injury, so Kieron Freeman and Ben Davies start at Oakwell.
Freeman will lined up on the right of midfield, with Paul Coutts, whose place was under threat, moving into the centre.
Sammon, who has scored only once in his last 17 appearances, is named among the substitutes.
Former Derby forward Tomasz Cywka starts for Barnsley, who are without suspended defensive duo Stephen Dawson and Tom Kennedy, who were sent off in Saturday's 6-0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic.
BARNSLEY: Steele, Hassell, Wiseman, Cranie, Noble-Lazarus, Mellis, Perkins, Cywka, O'Brien, O'Grady, Scotland. Subs: Alnwick (gk), Harewood, Dagnall, Rose, Patterson, Clark, Jones.
DERBY COUNTY: Fielding, Brayford, Keogh, Buxton, Forsyth, Freeman, Coutts, Hendrick, Davies, Martin, Bennett. Subs: Legzdins (gk), Roberts, O'Connor, Gjokaj, Doyle, Jacobs, Sammon.
REFEREE: P Tierney (Lancashire).
