Suspended Samba out of United clash

Defender Chris Samba is suspended for Blackburn’s match against Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow evening.

The centre-back, who scored the injury-time equaliser against Coventry last weekend which kept Rovers in the FA Cup, has reached five bookings for the season and so must sit out one match.

On-loan right-back Danny Simpson is ineligible to play against his parent club.

Provisional squad: Robinson, Bunn, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Dunn, Villanueva, Grella, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Pedersen, Treacy, Mokoena, Haworth, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Roberts.