On or off? Matt Hamshaw's gives the latest update on Rotherham United's trip to Luton Town

The prospect of international call-ups in both camps had put the November 15 League One contest in doubt, but the Millers now believe their visit to Kenilworth Road will take place as planned.

Either club would have to lose three of their players to request a postponement and, so far, Rotherham have had only one affected - attacker Ar'Jany Martha who will be on World Cup qualifying duty with Curacao.

So far, calls for centre-half Lenny Agbaire (Scotland Under-21s) and wing-back Denzel Hall (Jamaica) have failed to materialise.

“It's looking like it's going to be on,” said manager Matt Hamshaw after last night's 2-2 home draw with Burton Albion had lifted the Millers into 12th spot.

“I've not heard anything about Denzel. Ar'Jany's definitely been called up. Lenny hasn't as of yet. But I think that's probably to do with him not having been available to play games for us. He is available now so that may change.”

Agbaire made an appearance as a late substitute against Burton after being out for a month with soreness in his groins.

Luton postponed their game with Reading in October's international break when they had four of their men summoned by their countries. Christ Makosso (Congo), Marvelous Nakamba, (Zimbabwe), George Saville (Northern Ireland) and Nahki Wells (Bermuda) were called away.

Zimbabwe have no matches in the forthcoming break but the other three nations do. However, Rotherham had had no contact from the tenth-placed Hatters to suggest the third-tier fixture is at risk.

“We've heard nothing from the Luton end,” Hamshaw said.

The Millers are in the grip of a centre-half injury crisis and would prefer the fixture to be off, but they will make the best of the situation if it kicks off on its scheduled date.

“If it goes ahead, it goes ahead,” Hamshaw said. “I won't make any complaints. If it's on, we'll go there and try to win. I back my group of players. We're in the top half. That bodes well for when we do get our strongest team out there.”

One player guaranteed to sit out the match is loan centre-back Thomas Holmes who is due back on the grass tomorrow or Friday after a two-month absence with a knee complaint.

Even if he was fit, he would be ineligible to play against his parent club.

Rotherham were well below their best and conceded twice at the start of the second half against Burton, but they fought back through an own goal and a stoppage-time Hamish Douglas header to earn a result that extended their unbeaten league run to five matches.

“I thought it was a bit of a backs-to-the-wall performance,” Hamshaw said. “I saw things in the group that I kind of didn't like in a 20-minute period. I felt like we psychologically ‘went’ a little bit, and that's something I can't tolerate.

“We keep going, we keep going, we keep going, we don't stop. I sometimes think that fitness is a bit of a mindset thing, so we have to push through it, push through those boundaries. And we got our just rewards. Never say die, go to the end – they're the things that this club is all about.

“Our home form has been excellent. We've lost only to Stockport County who are top of the league, and then we had a goal disallowed that shouldn't have been. We've picked points up away as well, which is important, and we're on a good run of results.

“We've got something out of a position where we probably didn't look like getting a point. That pleases me because it's powerful for the group.” The boss felt that New York was flat at times and blamed the small number of Burton followers – less than 300 – for the muted atmosphere.

“It's always hard when there aren't many away fans,” he said. “We saw it all the time here when I was here previously (as a coach) – when that away end's full, there's a better atmosphere. Our fans sing at them, they sing back, the decibels go up.

“We've also picked up points away, which is important, and we're on a good run of results. We've got something out of a position where we probably didn't look like getting a point. That pleases me because it's powerful for the group.”