Davies receives injury boost

A scan on Thursday showed that the 21-year-old had suffered only minor damage rather than a full tear. Davies sustained the injury in the opening stages of Derby's Carling Cup defeat at Rotherham on Tuesday evening. The Rams are not putting a timescale on his absence, but boss Nigel Clough does not expect Davies to be out for too long. "It is a relief it is not a long-term injury and we have been told the lay-off will be short-term, he won't be out for very long at all," Clough told the club's official website. "Beyond that we are not prepared to put a date on it or rule him in or out of any matches."