Stoke City vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Stoke has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Paul RobinsonG
2. 2Ryan NelsenCD-L
3. 3Christopher SambaCD-R
4. 4Gaël GivetLB
5. 5Pascal ChimbondaRB
6. 6Brett EmertonCM-L
7. 7Steven N'ZonziCM-R
8. 8Martin OlssonLM
9. 9Morten PedersenRM
10. 10Nikola KalinicCF-L
11. 11Franco Di SantoCF-R

Stoke4th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Thomas SorensenG
2. 2Ryan ShawcrossCD-L
3. 3Robert HuthCD-R
4. 4Danny HigginbothamLB
5. 5Andy WilkinsonRB
6. 6Rory DelapCM-L
7. 7Dean WhiteheadCM-R
8. 8Matthew EtheringtonLM
9. 9Liam LawrenceRM
10. 10Ricardo FullerCF-L
11. 11Mamady SidibeCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• T@ WHU0-0
• T@ WHU0-0
• Wvs WGA2-1
• Wvs WGA1-2
• L@ AVL4-6

STK

• T@ SUN0-0
• T@ SUN2-0
• Wvs ARS3-1
• Tvs LIV1-1
• Tvs LIV1-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England · Attendance 27,386

Officials

S Bennett (Referee), Howard Webb (Referee), Steve Bennett (Referee), S Bennett (Referee)