Knee to keep Nelsen sidelined

Ryan Nelsen is likely to miss Blackburn’s match against Charlton tomorrow with the knee injury which has kept him out of the previous two games.

The New Zealand defender will have a fitness test while David Thompson and Vratislav Gresko are pushing for places on the bench after coming through reserve games.

Rovers manager Mark Hughes is expected to stick with the same team that performed creditably in the 4-2 defeat at Chelsea.

Provisional squad: Friedel, Enckelman, Neill, Savage, Tugay, Kuqi, Reid, Khizanishvili, Emerton, Todd, Bellamy, Bentley, Gray, Dickov, Mokoena, Gresko, Jansen, Flitcroft, Pedersen.