Neill in Rovers return

Blackburn’s wantaway defender Lucas Neill is back for the Barclays Premiership clash with Fulham after recovering from a hamstring strain.

But boss Mark Hughes has problems as he seeks to lift a side who have failed to win any of their last seven league fixtures and plummeted to the brink of the relegation zone.

Turkish international Tugay is suspended following his sending-off against Tottenham, while Zurab Khizanishvili and Francis Jeffers are doubts with groin strains.

Team (from): Friedel, Brown, Neill, Emerton, Khizanishvili, Ooijer, Todd, Gray, Henchoz, McEveley, Bentley, Mokoena, Savage, Peter, Pedersen, Nonda, McCarthy, Jeffers, Gallagher.