No new concerns for Paul Warne’s Rotherham

Posted Thursday, May 02, 2019 by PA

Paul Warne has no new injury problems as he attempts to end relegated Rotherham’s Sky Bet Championship season on a final-day high against Middlesbrough.

On-loan Bristol City full-back Zak Vyner has missed the last two games through injury and will hope for a farewell appearance.

Defenders Michael Ihiekwe and Clark Robertson, as well as midfielder Anthony Forde, were drafted in for last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at West Brom with Richard Wood, Ryan Williams and Richie Towell making way.

Midfielder Darren Potter is fit again after an Achilles problem but has not played this season and is unlikely to be risked, while striker Jamie Proctor has not played since Boxing Day because of a hip problem which required surgery.

Middlesbrough boss Tony Pulis has no new options ahead of a must-win game if Boro are to stand a chance of snatching the final play-off berth.

Midfielder Lewis Wing made a surprise return to the side after hernia surgery which had kept him out for five games for last Saturday’s win over Reading.

However, Pulis will still be without defenders Daniel Ayala (knee), Dael Fry (hamstring) and George Friend (thigh).

The seventh-placed Teessiders head into the game trailing Derby by a point and with an inferior goal difference, meaning they need all three points to leapfrog them and stave off the challenge of Bristol City in eighth.