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Nigel Clough will give Rob Hulse and Chris Porter as long as possible to prove their fitness to face Coventry City tomorrow.

Derby face the Sky Blues in the npower Championship on Saturday lunchtime, live on Sky Sports.

Hulse has a sore Achilles and missed the defeat to Cardiff last weekend, while Porter was only fit enough to be on the bench after picking up a hip injury in the Carling Cup defeat to Crewe.

Both players could still feature at the Ricoh Arena, with their fitness to be determined when they undergo late fitness tests in the morning.

Clough said: "Neither player has trained much this week, but we hope to have them involved at some point.

"Rob has a good record against Coventry so we hope to get him involved.

"People will probably speculate transfer wise with Rob not being involved, but he has a sore Achilles and that is a fact.

"If he is fit enough, we will get him out there."

Tomasz Cywka could be a surprise inclusion on the bench only a week after fracturing his cheekbone in the defeat Cardiff.

That may only be to make up the numbers and it is unlikely the Polish attacker will be involved in the game.

Clough said: "The surgeons have said ideally Tomasz would need to avoid contact for a fortnight or so.

"But, we will see how he feels about it.

"We're short on numbers, so he may be on the bench and he does have a protective mask.

"It was a freakish injury and we're disappointed for Tomasz to suffer this setback because he had been doing well.

"We feel he has played well in the first two games, but there is more to come from him.

"You can't argue with the impact Tomasz has made, winning a penalty and scoring a goal."

http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~2128859,00.html

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Derby County's starting XI for this afternoon's npower Championship fixture at Coventry City has been confirmed.

Rob Hulse has failed to shake off his achilles injury in time to feature, while Chris Porter is fit enough only for the bench.

Derby County: Bywater, Brayford, Roberts, Leacock, Barker, Savage, Bailey, Doyle, Green, Moxey, Commons

Subs: Deeney, Buxton, Pringle, Porter, Martin, Cywka

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