Championship

January 22, 2013
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Full-time

Blackburn

1 - 1

Brighton

Championship

19:45 +00:00, January 22, 2013

Ewood Park, England

Referee: R Madley

Rovers return for trio

Team Stat Comparison

Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion
Matches Played 46 46
Table Position 17 4
Points 58 75
Goal Difference -7 26
Goals for * 1.2 1.3
Goals against * 1.0 1.1
Last 5 D-D-W-L-W L-D-W-W-W
Last 5 home D-W-W-D-D L-W-W-D-D
Last 5 away D-W-L-L-L D-W-D-W-D
*  Goals per match - home matches for home club and away matches for away club
Stats: Blackburn Rovers | Brighton & Hove Albion

Competition Stats

Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion
Goals Jordan Rhodes 27 Craig Mackail-Smith 11
Assists Morten Gamst Pedersen 7 Andrea Stabilin Orlandi 11
Yellows Colin Kazim-Richards 10 Liam Bridcutt 11
Reds Leon Best 1 Ashley Barnes 2
Squads: Blackburn Rovers | Brighton & Hove Albion

Tables

POTEAMPWDLFAGDPts
1
Cardiff
 46 25 12 9 72 45 27 87
2
Hull
 46 24 7 15 61 52 9 79
3
Watford
 46 23 8 15 85 58 27 77
4
Brighton
 46 19 18 9 69 43 26 75
5
C Palace
 46 19 15 12 73 62 11 72
6
Leicester
 46 19 11 16 71 48 23 68
7
Bolton
 46 18 14 14 69 61 8 68
8
Nottm Forest
 46 17 16 13 63 59 4 67
9
Charlton
 46 17 14 15 65 59 6 65
10
Derby
 46 16 13 17 65 62 3 61
11
Burnley
 46 16 13 17 62 60 2 61
12
Birmingham
 46 15 16 15 63 69 -6 61
13
Leeds
 46 17 10 19 57 66 -9 61
14
Ipswich
 46 16 12 18 48 61 -13 60
15
Blackpool
 46 14 17 15 62 63 -1 59
16
Middlesboro
 46 18 5 23 61 70 -9 59
17
Blackburn
 46 14 16 16 55 62 -7 58
18
Sheff Wed
 46 16 10 20 53 61 -8 58
19
Huddersfield
 46 15 13 18 53 73 -20 58
20
Millwall
 46 15 11 20 51 62 -11 56
21
Barnsley
 46 14 13 19 56 70 -14 55
22
Peterborough
 46 15 9 22 66 75 -9 54
23
Wolves
 46 14 9 23 55 69 -14 51
24
Bristol City
 46 11 8 27 59 84 -25 41

Blackburn boss Michael Appleton will welcome Fabio Nunes, David Dunn and Markus Olsson into his squad for the clash with Brighton.

Experienced midfielder Dunn has been troubled by a persistent calf problems since October, while widemen Nunes and Olsson are back from hamstring injuries.

Josh King is unlikely to be risked in attack as he continues his rehabilitation from a similar complaint.

Midfielder Dickson Etuhu (knee) and right-back Adam Henley (hamstring) remain on the sidelines along with long-term knee injury-victim Leon Best.

Rovers suffered their first defeat in five matches when Appleton began his tenure with a 2-1 defeat on Saturday - their sixth loss in the league at Ewood Park this season.

Brighton were scheduled to face Blackburn on December 22 but the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Leonardo Ulloa could be added to the Brighton squad for the trip.

The Argentine striker joined the Seagulls late last week from Spanish La Liga side Almeria, but was not involved in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Birmingham.

Defender Bruno will miss out again as he continues his attempts to overcome a troublesome Achilles injury.

Bruno is due to start training this week in the hope of being involved against Arsenal in the FA Cup on Saturday, but fellow Spaniard Inigo Calderon will deputise at right-back again at Ewood Park.

Former Spain midfielder Vicente made his long-awaited return from a thigh injury as a late substitute at the weekend and could feature again if he has suffered no adverse reaction to his first outing since August.