Ghana striker Jordan Ayew missed-out on game-time in Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce's first team selection in a 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday at the Villa Park.
Ayew was overlooked despite appearing in every game for his club this season whilst McCormick makes his eighth start of the campaign.
However, it must be noted that the player is still recovering from a minor injury that forced him to miss Ghana's friendly with South Africa during the international break.
New Villa manager Bruce began his reign with a point as the local derby against ended in a draw but Villa Park's fifth home league draw in six games this season could quite easily have ended badly for Bruce.
Villa took the lead through Jonathan Kodjia's 15th-minute penalty, only for Wolves to level with a spot-kick of their own from Helder Costa.
But Wolves had enough second-half chances to have won comfortably.