Blackburn could well fancy a few changes to tighten the backline after that drumming at Old Trafford last week with Pascal Chimbonda most likely to be dropped and Morten Gamst Pedersen looks set to recover from a hamstring problem he suffered in the week. As a Sam Allardyce team, Blackburn are very reliant on set pieces and they have a 2:1 (goals-to-goals from dead balls) ratio of goals from that source.
We have more absentees to add to the list with David Jones suffering a foot injury he suffered last week and Jelle van Damme Belgium-bound so this could give forgotten winger Geoffrey Mujangi Bia a seat on the bench, but Christophe Berra will return from suspension. Wayne Hennessey made his first league start of the season and it will be interesting as to how he'll cope on set-pieces. Mick McCarthy's priority is to keep a clean sheet, and this could be achieved if Richard Stearman is dropped.
Let our revival continue after a few false starts, please.
'Grobs'
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
BLACKBURN: Robinson; Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Givet; Emerton, Jones, Dunn, Pedersen; El Hadji Diouf, Roberts. Subs: Bunn, Chimbonda, Morris, Emerton, Linganzi, Mama Biram Diouf, Hoilett
WOLVES: Hennessey; Zubar, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi; Hunt, Milijas, Mancienne, Foley, Jarvis; Doyle. Subs: Hahnemann, Mouyokolo, Ward, Davis, Mujangi Bia, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher
ODDS (with William Hill) (view more odds)
WIN: Blackburn 4/5; Draw 13/5; Wolves 10/3
FIRST GOALSCORER: Blackburn - Roberts 11/2, Benjani 6/1, MB Diouf 7/1, Pedersen 15/2, Dunn 15/2, EH Diouf 9/1, Samba 16/1 Wolves - Doyle 15/2, Fletcher 8/1, Ebanks-Blake 8/1, Jarvis 12/1, Hunt 14/1, Milijas 16/1, Foley 20/1
KEY PLAYER: Morten Gamst Pedersen. His deliveries have been key to Blackburn's main source of goals.
WEAKEST LINK: Michel Salgado. One of the best full-backs in the world yesterdecade, now could well find Matt Jarvis too hot to handle with his aging legs.
NOTABLE MUTUAL ALUMNI: Mark Atkins, Paul Bradshaw, Nathan Blake, Dave Wagstaffe, Tim Flowers
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