Rovers return for Allardyce

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is set to welcome back three players to his squad for tomorrow’s FA Cup fifth-round replay at Coventry.

Defender Chris Samba returns to the squad having been suspended for Rovers’ 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday.

On-loan right-back Danny Simpson is also back in contention, after being ineligible to play against his parent club, as does fellow defender Martin Olsson, although midfielder Vince Grella is struggling with a knock.

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