Tony Mowbray has made just the one change to the starting eleven for his first game in charge.
Ryan Nyambe comes into side with Gordon Greer missing out with a calf injury.
Sam Gallagher is back in the squad, he is named amongst the substitutes.
The Brewers make three changes from the side that drew with Derby County. As Michael Kightly, Luke Murphy and Marvin Sordell come in for Lloyd Dyer, Jackson Irvine and former Rover Luke Varney.
BURTON: McLaughlin, Flanagan, Mousinho (c), Turner, Sordell, Woodwrow, Naylor, Palmer, Vigen Christensen, Kightly, Murphy.
Subs: Bywater (GK), McFadzean, Williamson, Dyer, Miller, Varney, Barker.
ROVERS: Steele, Nyambe, Lenihan, Mulgrew, Williams, Feeney, Lowe (c), Guthrie, Conway, Emnes, Graham.
Subs: Raya (GK), Stokes, Joao, Gallagher, Tomlinson, Mahoney, Brown.