Town have named an unchanged side for this afternoon’s game against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The only switch of personnel in the 20-man squad is Ashley Young, who missed last week’s 5-0 hammering of Sheffield United with a muscle strain, replacing Ben Johnson on the bench.

As against the Blades, Alex Palmer is in goal behind a back four of Darnell Furlong, skipper Dara O’Shea, Jacob Greaves and Leif Davis.

Azor Matusiwa and Jens Cajuste are the midfield pairing behind Kasey McAteer, Chuba Akpom and hat-trick hero Jaden Philogene. Former Rovers loanee George Hirst starts as the number nine.

Sammie Szmodics, who joined the Blues after an impressive two years at Ewood Park, and another one-time Blackburn loanee, Christian Walton, are among the Town subs.

For the Lancastrians, looking to avoid four successive home defeats for the first time since 1986, Australian international right-back Lewis Miller comes in for Hayden Carter, who has picked up a knock.

Rovers have been forced into a late change with Taylor Gardner-Hickman replacing Sidnei Tavares, who picked up an injury in the warm-up. No one was added to the bench.

Defender Sean McLoughlin is back on the bench following a suspension for a red card against Norwich.

Blackburn: Toth, Alebiosu, Miller, Wharton, Ribeiro, Gardner-Hickman, Tronstad, Hedges, Cantwell (c), Morishita, Ohashi. Subs: Pears, Pickering, Kargbo, Gueye, Gudjohnsen, De Neve, McLoughlin, Montgomery.

Town: Palmer, Furlong, O’Shea (c), Greaves, Davis, Matusiwa, Cajuste, McAteer, Akpom, Philogene, Hirst. Subs: Walton, Kipre, Young, Taylor, Nunez, Szmodics, Walle Egeli, J Clarke, Azon. Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire).

Photo: Matchday Images

Blue_Moses added 14:03 - Sep 20 When was the last time we played the same team in 2 consecutive games?
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TractorB0y added 14:15 - Sep 20 It was recent Blue Moses - we played the same xi Vs Southampton and Preston
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PortmanTerrorist added 14:49 - Sep 20 Seems obvious to such with same team and here's hoping for same result as last time there....but that was a Chappers masterclass in attack and defending (1 awesome block) in nasty weather that took us top and made the long journey back a breeze.....think we listened to Leeds messing up on route home too. Happy away days we need to recreate... starting today!
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TimmyH added 14:58 - Sep 20 McAteer might find himself a tad fortunate to retain his place but a run of game time is no bad thing...time for a decent away performance!
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Tellitasitis added 15:46 - Sep 20 Is it just me or does the modern day football bore the tears out of anyone else?? You look forward all week for the game and the standard and backwards and sidewards passes when there is plenty of space going forwards and for some bizarre reason it ends up back with our keeper.
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Tellitasitis added 17:00 - Sep 20 Well that is a get out of jail free card used. Why do we continue to try and well out in those conditions = penalty given away losing 1 nil Why continue with Hirst he give you nothing can't even win a header. Why let Wolfie go far better then greaves. Just because everyone else plays boring let keep the ball between our defenders and keepers does not mean we have too. If this game has to be replaced as I said a get out of jail free card used. I'm a big Mckenna fan but we it not working nothing changes Why??

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Tellitasitis added 17:00 - Sep 20 Well that is a get out of jail free card used. Why do we continue to try and well out in those conditions = penalty given away losing 1 nil Why continue with Hirst he give you nothing can't even win a header. Why let Wolfie go far better then greaves. Just because everyone else plays boring let keep the ball between our defenders and keepers does not mean we have too. If this game has to be replaced as I said a get out of jail free card used. I'm a big Mckenna fan but we it not working nothing changes Why??

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Tellitasitis added 17:00 - Sep 20 Well that is a get out of jail free card used. Why do we continue to try and well out in those conditions = penalty given away losing 1 nil Why continue with Hirst he give you nothing can't even win a header. Why let Wolfie go far better then greaves. Just because everyone else plays boring let keep the ball between our defenders and keepers does not mean we have too. If this game has to be replaced as I said a get out of jail free card used. I'm a big Mckenna fan but we it not working nothing changes Why??

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