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These players are set to miss the clash between two early Championship strugglers

Sheffield United are looking to get back to winning ways this Saturday when they welcome Derby County to Bramall Lane.

The two sides endured surprisingly poor starts to the Championship campaign, with both suffering early spells in the bottom three. The Blades themselves come into this one having slipped back into the relegation zone last weekend.

However, two straight wins for Chris Wilder's side before last Saturday's capitulation at Preston North End, and two wins on the bounce for Derby in their last two games show signs that both are ready to make that long-awaited climb back up the table.

Given the close nature of the Championship this season, a poor opening 12 games hasn't meant that this term is a write-off, but that puts more emphasis on picking up three points to continue to chip that gap between themselves and the top six, as both Sheffield United and Derby look to kick off this three-game week on the front foot.

Unfortunately, though, these players won't be available to help their sides at Bramall Lane this Saturday.

The question on everyone's lips surrounding Sheffield United's injury news is whether Gustavo Hamer would be fit enough to play any role in the Blades' three-game week ahead of the November international break.

It was revealed before the Preston defeat last week that Hamer wouldn't be available for the Deepdale trip, but Wilder did say "we'll see where he is" ahead of the games against Derby, Coventry City and QPR, meaning he remains a doubt, but is not yet fully ruled out.

Tom Davies is, however, in contention to make only his third league appearance of the season, after he was cleared, but didn't play, against Preston.

Ollie Arblaster remains out with the ACL injury, which will have seen him miss a year of action in November, and winger Tahith Chong remains out after tearing a meniscus cartilage in his knee during the warm-up against Oxford United.

Ben Godfrey is the other absentee for Chris Wilder's side this weekend. The former Everton defender has been absent since late September, and Blades fans are questioning the extent of this. The Blades' boss cited "personal reasons" when he missed the Oxford win.

Derby's absentee list is less extensive than their opponent's this Saturday, although it has a new name on it from their recent 1-0 win against QPR.

Max Johnston was helped off the field in the dying minutes at Pride Park last weekend, after he pulled up with a hamstring injury.

After the game, Derby boss John Eustace hoped that the injury wasn't a bad one, but it's likely that he will miss the game at Bramall Lane.

Eustace will, however, be able to welcome back Ebou Adams after he served a one-match ban for accumulating five yellow cards last weekend, and Owen Beck may be able to make his Rams debut after returning to full training ahead of the QPR game.

Derby captain, Lewis Travis, remains absent, however, as he continues to recover from the calf issue he picked up before their defeat against Oxford three weeks ago.