The Rovers striker is back after six weeks out with a knee injury, he replaces Nuno Gomes in the only change from the draw at Nottingham Forest in midweek.
| 
|
| No: | Name: | No: | Name: |
| 1 | Paul Robinson | 13 | Carl Ikeme |
| 2 | Bradley Orr | 5 | Richard Stearman |
| 3 | Martin Olsson | 8 | Karl Henry (c) |
| 5 | Gael Givet | 9 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake |
| 6 | Jason Lowe | 10 | Bakary Sako |
| 10 | Mauro Formica | 11 | Stephen Ward |
| 11 | Jordan Rhodes | 14 | Roger Johnson |
| 13 | Danny Murphy (c) | 16 | Christophe Berra |
| 16 | Scott Dann | 26 | David Davis |
| 31 | Grant Hanley | 28 | Tongo Doumbia |
| 39 | Colin Kazim-Richards | 32 | Kevin Foley |
| |
| |
| Subs | Name: | Subs: | Name: |
| 34 | Jake Kean | 36 | Aaron McCarey |
| 7 | Fabio Nunes | 18 | Frank Nouble |
| 8 | David Dunn | 22 | Eggert Jonsson |
| 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 23 | Ronald Zubar |
| 18 | Dickson Etuhu | 25 | Danny Batth |
| 21 | Nuno Gomes | 27 | Anthony Forde |
| 23 | Ruben Rochina | 34 | Georg Margreitter |