Joe Worrall returns to the Nottingham Forest team for the first time this season, for a crunch East Midlands derby.
The centre-back has been sidelined with a calf problem for the opening weeks of the campaign, but makes his comeback against Derby County.
New signing Max Lowe, though, has to settle for a place on the bench against his former club.
The left-back penned a season-long loan from Sheffield United on Friday, but will have to wait for his debut as boss Chris Hughton opts for Gaetan Bong at left-back.
Worrall lines up alongside Scott McKenna in the heart of the defence, with Jordan Gabriel at right-back, having been suspended for the last league outing, at Stoke City, and Brice Samba in goal.
Forest manager Hughton goes into the clash amid mounting pressure and criticism from fans, having suffered four straight defeats at the start of the Championship season, as well as being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday night.
There is a first league start for Manchester United loanee James Garner in his second spell at the club, having got minutes under his belt at the City Ground in midweek.
The 20-year-old links up with Ryan Yates in the centre of the pitch.
Ahead of them, Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson and Joao Carvalho will support lone striker Lyle Taylor.
The bench is made up of Ethan Horvath, Tobias Figueiredo, Lewis Grabban, Jack Colback, Lowe, Alex Mighten and Cafu.
Forest: Samba, Gabriel, Worrall, McKenna, Bong, Garner, Yates, Zinckernagel, Carvalho, Johnson, Taylor. Subs: Horvath, Figueiredo, Grabban, Colback, Lowe, Mighten, Cafu.
