LIVE: BLACKBURN ROVERS v PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Pitiful Posh lose by four after limp display
Rovers have won five of their nine Championship matches at Ewood Park and boast the division’s joint second-highest top scorer in 14-goal Ben Brereton-Diaz.
Follow the action live on the PT Blog below.
LIVE BLOG: Blackburn Rovers vs Posh
Key Events
- 7:45pm kick-off
- Posh looking to end run of four without a win
- Joel Randall could return to the squad after injury
- Ben Brereton-Diaz has 14 goals in 18 league matches
- Blackburn sit 8th and have won three of their last five
- Only 5 teams have conceded more than Rovers this season, Posh being one
Formation change
It looks like a change in formation and Posh are lining up with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Clarke-Harris returns to the line-up after being dropped at Stoke.
Blackburn line-up
Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Daniel Ayala, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Ben Brereton-Diaz
Subs: Aynsley Pears, Bradley Johnson, Tayo Edun, Jacob Davenport, Reda Kahdra, Dan Butterworth, Lieghton Clarkson
Posh line-up
Dai Cornell, Dan Butler, Frankie Kent, Nathan Thompson, Mark Beevers, Joe Ward, Jack Taylor, Oliver Norburn, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembele, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Will Blackmore, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Harrison Burrows, Kwame Poku, Conor Coventry, Jorge Grant
Line-ups are just half an hour away, how are you lining up?
Peterborough United need Clarke-Harris in the starting line-up at Blackburn
Peterborough United must recall striker Jonson Clarke-Harris to their starting line-up at Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday (November 24).
Selection conundrum for Fergie, does he bring Clarke-Harris back in?
Peterborough United manager has a selection conundrum with Clarke-Harris, 100th appearance for defender, a win at Blackburn would move Posh out of the relegation zone
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson admits he has a selection conundrum with striker Jonson Clarke-Harris.
Posh had a red-hot striker of their own in a 3-2 in a previous visit to Blackburn
Red-hot Chilean striker
It must be said that Blackburn’s lofty position in the table is in no small way thanks to Ben Brereton-Diaz.
The 22-year-old has been in the form of his life ever since his call-up to the Chile national team, and adding the Diaz to the end of his name he goes by on the pitch. He was 14 in his 18 league matches this season, before this season he had just 17 goals in 133 Championship games.
Sam Gallagher is second in the scoring charts but has yet to play this month due to injury and they are set to be without creative midfielder and Leeds loanee Ian Poveda for an extended period now so it could be really be all about Diaz tonight.
Good form
Tony Mowbray’s side come into this one on the back of a decent run. Three wins and a draw out of five and have to be commended to putting a 7-0 home mauling against Fulham behind them so quickly. They started well and were unlucky with a couple of handball decisions but a red card to Jan Paul van Hecke saw it all go downhill very quickly. #
They have recovered, however, and sit in 8th, just 2 points behind QPR in the play-off places.
Last 5: WWLWD
Blackburn 2-0 Reading
Derby 1-2 Blackburn
Blackburn 0-7 Fulham
Blackburn 3-1 Sheffield United
Bristol City 1-1 Blackburn
Posh: WLDLL
Injury blow for tonight’s hosts
Significant injury blow for Blackburn Rovers ahead of Championship clash with Peterborough United, Dwight Gayle’s perfect hat-trick at Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers have suffered a significant injury blow ahaead of Wednesday night’s Championship fixture with Peterborough United at Ewood Park (November 24).
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