DARREN Ferguson has won at Valley Parade already this season but admits it remains one of the division's most imposing venues.

Doncaster, like City, are looking for a quick pick-me-up after midweek misery.

Rovers suffered the added pain of conceding a winner to League One top dogs Shrewsbury deep into stoppage time.

But they did put one over the Bantams on enemy soil last month in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

Ferguson said: "It's probably one of the toughest places you will go. They lost as well (on Tuesday), so there will be a reaction from Stuart McCall's team.

"They are at home in front of a big crowd – and we need a reaction as well.

"We have been there and won and you have to take something out of the previous game.

"We made a few changes that night and we will definitely take confidence out of beating them in the cup game.

"Charlie Wyke is their main man up front and I'm sure that he will more than likely play against us, which gives them a different option up top."

Ferguson this week strongly rubbished a link with the vacant Oldham job, his odds plunging after rumours of a bust-up with Rovers chairman David Blunt.

He said: "There's some great imaginations about, isn't there? I honestly don't know where it's all come from.

"I was with David at the Arsenal game and he's in Switzerland now. I've not been to Switzerland in the last week."

Rovers will check on keeper Ian Lawlor after rolling his ankle in stoppage time against Shrewsbury – a loss that left Ferguson fuming.

"The two goals we gave away were absolutely horrendous and so naive," he said.

"At the moment we're just not having the concentration to get these games and turn the fine margins our way.

"Clearly two wins out of ten is nowhere near where we expected to be – but we need to find a way of perhaps being a bit tougher mentally."