CITY must treat their League One finale at Rochdale with play-off intensity, insists Charlie Wyke.

Stuart McCall is expected to make some changes to Sunday's line-up to avoid the risk of suffering any knocks on the eve of the promotion showdown.

The Bantams boss even joked during the club's awards night about throwing in some of the backroom staff at Spotland. But he is likely to freshen things up with an eye towards next week's semi-final dates.

A year ago, City went into the opening play-off match against Millwall with three key players on the sidelines – James Hanson, Billy Clarke and Reece Burke – with Clarke and Burke having both got injured in the last league game.

So with the play-off place guaranteed, any precautions for this weekend will be understandable.

Yet whoever plays, striker Wyke believes it is vitally important they look to maintain the strong recent form that has seen City win four of their five games in April.

"It's nice to get the play-offs sorted but we can't now just lay off one game because we're already there," he said.

"It's important we take every game seriously, as we have been doing. We want to carry on and keep our foot on the gas to take that momentum into the play-offs."

Rochdale can still sneak into sixth place if they win but need Millwall and Southend to both slip up again.

City have the chance to overhaul Scunthorpe for fourth and earn home advantage in the semi-final second leg a week on Sunday.

"It's probably the biggest three games of our lives coming up, so we've got to go there and play as well as we can to take that form forward," said Wyke.

"I obviously came here to get promoted. We're in the play-offs now and it's all down to us and we'll go into them with a lot of confidence.

"I think we're the team to avoid in the play-offs, looking at our current form. We've got four clean sheets in the last five and people won't want to play us.

"Our home form, especially, has been incredible. To be unbeaten for a whole season for the first time in 40 years is an achievement we are all proud of.

"It's great playing in front of all the fans and they do make a difference. It is a fortress and we're getting the wins at home. Hopefully we can carry that into the play-offs and win one more."