Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea: early team news (From This Is Lancashire)

Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea: early team news

4:13pm Friday 19th March 2010 in

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Sam Allardyce has a number of injury problems to cope with ahead of Blackburn’s game against Chelsea on Sunday.

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson (calf), captain Ryan Nelsen (knee), Gael Givet (groin), Lars Jacobsen (hernia) and Vince Grella (calf) are all missing while loan striker Franco di Santo cannot play against his parent club Chelsea.

Jason Brown will fill in for Robinson, with Mark Bunn being recalled from Sheffield United as cover.

Chelsea have no fresh injury concerns. Goalkeeper Petr Cech trained on Friday but remains a doubt and he will undergo a late fitness test on his calf injury. Hilario is also a doubt with a groin strain.

Michael Essien (knee), Ashley Cole (ankle) and Jose Bosingwa (knee) are all sidelined.

Rovers (from): Brown, Dunn, Olsson, Salgado, Pedersen, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Roberts, Diouf, Andrews, Kalinic, Dunn, Chimbonda, Basturk, Samba, Emerton, Jones.

Chelsea provisional squad: Turnbull, Taylor, Cech, Ivanovic, Kalou, Alex, Drogba, Malouda, Terry, Carvalho, Borini, Lampard, Obi, Deco, Anelka, Zhirkov, J Cole, Belletti, Ballack, Kakuta, Sturridge, Ferreira.