STRIKER Ade Akinbiyi gets his first start for the Clarets since the final game of last season at Barnsley tonight.

He replaces the suspended Steven Thompson while Wade Elliott is also out through injury, so Owen Coyle will revert to a 4-1-3-2 formation at Oakwell.

Clarets: Jensen; Duff, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan; Alexander; Eagles, Gudjonsson, McCann; Akinbiyi, Blake.