A date has been set for Rovers’ Carabao Cup second round tie at Sheffield United.

Rovers will travel to Bramall Lane on Tuesday, August 27 (7.45pm).

Rovers were handed a trip to the Premier League side as reward for their last-gasp victory over Oldham Athletic in round one.

Joe Rothwell scored a 95th minute winner, after Stewart Downing had equalised two minutes in to injury-time, to see off the League Two side.

The Blades were one of 13 Premier League sides to enter at this stage of the competition, with the draw regionalised but unseeded.

The two sides met in the Championship last season, with Chris Wilder’s side winning 2-0 at Ewood Park and then 3-0 at Bramall Lane.

Rovers’ last victory against the Blades in South Yorkshire came in January 1994 courtesy of an Alan Shearer brace in a 2-1 win.

They made it past Lincoln in round two of last year's competition before eventually being knocked out by Bournemouth in the third round. 

Rovers say ticket details will be released in due course, with the game coming in between next weekend’s home game against Cardiff and a trip to West Brom on August 31.

United meanwhile host Leicester on August 24 before a trip to Chelsea seven days later.