Nelsen blow for Rovers

Blackburn captain Ryan Nelsen has been ruled out of the Barclays Premier League match against West Brom on Sunday because a torn calf muscle.

On-loan full-back Gael Givet is expected to recover from a calf strain, as is Andre Ooijer with a hamstring problem.

Strikers Roque Santa Cruz (knee) and Jason Roberts (fractured metatarsal) are again sidelined through injury.

Team (from): Robinson, Bunn, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Samba, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Villanueva, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Treacy, Mokoena, McCarthy, Pedersen, Grella, Doran, Blackman.