Eliasson makes first league start

The Swedish winger comes in for Callum O'Dowda as the only change made to the starting XI following the 3-1 win at Ipswich Town before the international break.

Bailey Wright has passed a fitness test to start after returning from international break with a glute injury.

City: Fielding, Wright, Flint, Baker, Bryan, Eliasson, K.Smith, Brownhill, Paterson, Diedhiou, Reid. Subs: Steele, Magnusson, Hegeler, Pack, Leko, O'Dowda, Woodrow.

Burton Albion: Bywater, Warnock, Buxton, McFadzean, Akins, Akpan, Murphy, Allen, Warnock, Mason, Varney. Subs: Ripley, Lund, Scannell, Dyer, Flanagan, Naylor, Sordell.

Referee: Mr J Linington.