Rovers monitor duo's fitness

Blackburn will monitor the fitness of Robbie Savage and David Bentley ahead of the derby against Bolton on Sunday at Ewood Park.

Savage took a bang on his back during the UEFA Cup victory against Wisla Krakow in Poland last night while Bentley has complained of a tight hamstring.

Blackburn will again be without Steven Reid, who faces a four-month abscence because of a stress fracture in his back, and Ryan Nelsen (hamstring).

Provisional squad: Friedel, Neill, Khizanishvili, Tugay, Emerton, Savage, Bentley, Nonda, McCarthy, Pedersen, Mokoena, Jeffers, Gallagher, Ooijer, Brown, Gray, Peter, McEveley, Roberts.