Barnsley midfielder Jacob Mellis has been ruled out of the South Yorkshire derby due to an ankle injury.
Goalkeeper Luke Steele is still sidelined with a back injury so on-loan Jack Butland will continue.
Striker Theo Robinson should return for Doncaster - the summer signing has overcome a hamstring strain.Watch Barnsley V Doncaster Live, Watch Barnsley V Doncaster Live Stream, Watch Barnsley V Doncaster Free Live Stream, Watch Barnsley V Doncaster Online, Watch Barnsley V Doncaster Online Free, Barnsley V Doncaster Live, Barnsley V Doncaster live stream Online.
But captain Rob Jones could be out for around two months with a neck injury - James Husband and Harry Forrester are also on the sidelines.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• South Yorkshire rivals Barnsley and Doncaster have been playing each other in the league since 1901, and there is nothing between them, both have won 23 of 64 matches.
• The winners have kept a clean sheet in six of their last seven clashes in the Championship, the Tykes winning four of them, Rovers two.
• Doncaster are four goals shy of 100 in competitive matches against Barnsley.
Barnsley
• The bottom-but-one Tykes have won one of their last nine Championship games, and have registered 1-1 draws in the most recent two.
• David Flitcroft's side have the weakest defence in the second tier (31 goals shipped in 14 games), and are one of two clubs yet to keep a clean sheet in the Championship; the other being Sheffield Wednesday.
• It is Barnsley's worst start for 12 years; 2001 being the last time they had notched just two wins by this stage.
Doncaster Rovers
• Doncaster go into this derby just three places and two points better off than the Tykes with a game in hand on them, and on a three-match losing sequence in which 11 goals were conceded; they last lost four successive league games 19 months ago (April 2012).
• Paul Dickov's side is the only one not to have retrieved any Championship points once they have fallen behind, losing all seven matches in which the opposition have opened the scoring.
• Their only away win to date, was also against struggling south Yorkshire opposition, in Sheffield Wednesday.