Matt Hamshaw's prediction as Rotherham United head to Luton Town, plus an update on the bug in the Millers camp

The Millers travel to Luton Town tomorrow seeking to extend their unbeaten sequence of third-tier matches to seven and their manager is braced for a difficult afternoon against a squad that is one of the strongest in the division and contains a number of AESSEAL New York Stadium old boys.

“Luton are a good team,” he said. "They'll be up there come the end of the season.”

Twelfth-placed Rotherham are League One's form side, with four victories and two draws in their last six outings, and have no reason to fear anyone.

However, the Hatters, who were in the Premier League two years ago, are three spots higher and have won their last four matches in all competitions under new boss Jack Wilshere.

Two of those triumphs have come in the league – 1-0 at Northampton Town and, last Saturday, 3-0 at leaders Stockport County.

Hamshaw believes the third tier is the tightest it has been for several years. Unlike last term, there are no huge spenders like Birmingham City and Wrexham dominating proceedings at the top of the rankings.

“I think that every game is hard,” he said. "I don't think there's a big disparity between top and bottom. A lot of managers will say exactly the same thing.”

The Millers are an improving outfit as Hamshaw's rebuilding mission gathers pace and have been humbled just once this season – 3-0 at promotion contenders Cardiff City back in August when the table had still to take shape.

"Cardiff were miles superior to us that afternoon,” the boss said. “That's probably the only game where I can look back and think: ‘Wow, they were a lot better than us.’ We probably let ourselves down in a couple of other games. But it was a new group, new staff, new players, new ways.”

Likely to be in the home team's matchday 18 at Kenilworth Road are former Rotherham players striker Jerry Yates, wing-back Cohen Bramall and midfielder/centre-half Hakeem Odoffin.

Yates has been in and out of the starting 11, first-team regular Bramall scored one of the goals against Stockport – a 20-yard free-kick – while Odoffin is working his way into contention to start after missing the first three months of the campaign with an unspecified non-musculoskeletal issue.

That means it was a condition not related to the body's muscles, bones, joints or connective tissues.

“It's a really tough game against really tough opposition,” Hamshaw said. “But it's one we should go into with plenty of confidence.”

Meanwhile, the sickness that hit the camp prior to last Saturday’s 3-0 triumph over Lincoln City has eased.

Speaking in midweek, Hamshaw said: “There's still a little bit of coughing in, one or two bits. We seem to be over the worst of it.”