Hello folks! The one and only game in the Championship today is at Ewood Park as Blackburn take on Burnley. No time to waste, let's get to the team news.

BLACKBURN XI: Robinson; Henley, Hanley, Keane, Spurr; Conway, Lowe, Evans; Varney, Dunn; Rhodes

BLACKBURN SUBS: Eastwood, Kane, Olsson, Williamson, Taylor, Feeney, Gestede

Gary Bowyer doesn't hesitate in shaking his side up after last week's 4-0 defeat to another Lancashire rival in Bolton Wanderers. There's five new faces in the starting XI, with Grant Hanley, Michael Keane, Corry Evans, Luke Varney and David Dunn getting the nod. The return of captain Hanley is massive. He'll partner new loan signing Michael Keane in defence.

BURNLEY XI: Heaton; Trippier, Duff, Shackell, Mee; Kightly, Marney, Jones, Arfield; Ings, Vokes

BURNLEY SUBS: Cisak, Wallace, Stanislas, Edgar, Treacy, Long, Barnes

Unsurprisingly, Sean Dyche names the same starting XI for the eighth game running. There's absolutely no need to change this winning formula.

We're at the stage of the season where there's always a storyline for both sides. We're near enough to the end for all games to have an impact, but not too close to the season finishing so that some teams have little to play for.

Blackburn are reeling after last week's drubbing at Bolton, but still have realistic hopes of reaching the playoffs if they can finish the season strongly. Victory today will move them to within three points of the top six.

As mentioned above, Burnley can pull eight points clear in the automatic promotion places with a win.

REFEREE WATCH: The man in charge today is the stern character of Mike Dean, who regularly takes charge of top-level games in the Premier League.

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Blackburn have a superb record against Burnley. They haven't lost their last 11 games against the Clarets, whose last win over the hosts was way back in 1979!

When these two last met in the reverse fixture in September it finished 1-1 at Turf Moor thanks to Jordan Rhodes's freakish late goal.

Although Rhodes scored that day, he's currently on the longest run of his career without a goal.

PREDICTION TIME! With just five minutes until kickoff, it's time for my pre-match thoughts. I'm expecting an electric atmosphere that will lead to a great game. For me, Burnley will edge it by two goals to one.

Burnley have February's Championship Player of the Month in their ranks in striker Sam Vokes. Blackburn's veteran keeper Paul Robinson was also one of the four nominees.

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KICKOFF! Visitors Burnley get us underway!

CHICKEN ON THE PITCH! Remember the Ewood chicken from a couple of years ago in protest of the Venky's ownership? Well, there's one back on the pitch that leads to a brief stoppage in play.

Here's the fowl play (sorry!) I'm on about:

Chicken on the pitch 😂😂😂😂😂 #RoversvBurnley pic.twitter.com/niB0981VV2 — Mat88 (@Mat_McCormick) March 9, 2014

Rhodes almost breaks his goal drought by cleverly flicking on Dunn's cross, but the header's not powerful enough to beat Heaton, who makes an unconvincing save but keeps it out.

DISALLOWED! Vokes thinks he's given the visitors the lead against the run of play but he's flagged offside. Replays show that he was just inches ahead of the last man when Arfield scuffed his shot across goal.

That disallowed goal seems to have perked Burnley up after a sluggish start.

The visitors continue to impress as Trippier finds the run of Ings, who looks for strike partner in the middle but plays it a little behind the Welshman.

Duff cheaply gives away possession but gets away with it as Lowe's through-ball to Dunn is overhit.

Trippier and Ings have linked up so many times for goals this season but this time it doesn't really work as Ings fails to connect properly with his header.

Again it's Trippier with the ball in as this time he floats it to the back post for Arfield, who tries to loop a header to the far corner but can only find the roof the net.

Rovers's first shot for a few minutes comes from Varney, who shifts the ball onto his right foot before curling high and wide.

Next to try his luck is Rhodes, but his effort after heading the ball over Duff is weak and easy for Heaton to collect.

JUST WIDE! Blackburn almost shoot themselves in the foot as Spurr allows Kightly to close him down. The ball breaks into the path of Ings, whose shot isn't well-hit and rolls across the face of goal and a yard wide.

Rhodes with a snapshot on the turn that whizzes a couple of yards wide of the upright. Still no real clear-cut chances as we reach the halfway point of the first half.

The striker's goal drought is over! It's his 17th league of the season as he takes a touch with his back to goal before firing low into the corner on the turn. Brilliant finish.

Wonder if there was a red card at Ewood Park for this dangerous 'fowl' pic.twitter.com/mfgEGBwdrF

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Top atmosphere inside Ewood Park now but Burnley are trying to silence the home fans by having plenty of the ball. They're struggling to break down the hosts' defence at the moment.

Superb side-stepping from Dunn to get into the box but he is then unbalanced and Burnley clear. The home fans want a penalty but Mike Dean isn't interested.

@OptaJoe on Twitter: "757 – Jordan Rhodes had gone 757 minutes without a league goal before netting against rivals Burnley. Relief."

CHANCE! Oh what an opportunity for Ings to level the scores. He is gifted a one-on-one opportunity as Conway fails to see him and passes straight to the Burnley man when trying to return it to Robinson. Ings opens his body but hits it straight at Robinson from the left side of the area. I think he was trying to make it look like he was going for the far corner and then go near post, but ended up hitting it straight at the Blackburn keeper.

OFF THE LINE! Now it's Blackburn who threaten as Conway cuts the ball back to Lowe. The Blackburn academy graduate rarely scores goals but he cleverly uses the outside of his boot to turn it goalwards. Burnley keeper Heaton is stretching but luckily for him Mee is on the line to hoof it away.

Just the one minute of added time signalled. Blackburn will be delighted with their display so far.

Home side Rovers take a one-goal lead with them to the dressing room at half time then. To be honest, it's been a pretty even 45 minutes. Rhodes took his chance, while Burnley's top scorer Ings fluffed his lines with his.

If you're only just getting in from a Sunday walk and want a quick update on the first period, check out our half-time report here.

Looking at replays of the goal, you have to question the defending of Burnley captain Jason Shackell. For me, it looks like he could have easily stepped forward and intercepted the ball but instead dropped back before failing to block Rhodes's shot on the turn.

UPDATE: The first of three FA Cup quarter-finals today has a pair of quick goals as League One side Sheffield United go 2-0 up on the Championship's bottom side Charlton.

The two sides are back out for the second half. No changes from either manager.

KICKOFF! Blackburn get us back underway. Can they hold on for a big win over their East Lancashire rivals?

PENALTY SHOUT! Well, well, well. Burnley feel that they should have a penalty and perhaps Hanley should be sent off as well. Trippier looped the ball into Ings's path and the striker appeared to get the first touch before being tripped by Scottish defender Hanley. It could have very easily been given and if it had been, Hanley would have had to go as he was the last man.

Excellent goalkeeping from Heaton as he manages to clutch Spurr's fierce low cross at the second attempt. Great end-to-end start to the second half.

OFF THE POST! Goodness me, that's a bad miss from Rhodes. Like Ings in the first half, Rhodes is gifted a one-on-one opportunity because of a bad backpass. He just has Heaton to beat but can only slide the ball against the foot of the post.

BOOKING! Dean has his yellow card out for the first time as Varney scythes down Kightly on the right wing.

Poor decision-making from Kightly as he tries to beat Evans on the outside instead of looking inside for his teammates when Burnley had good numbers on the counter-attack.

CLOSE! Ings does brilliantly the win the ball from two Blackburn players on the wing. He bursts into the box before poking an inviting cross along the six-yard box, but there's no Claret shirt coming in to prod it home.

Burnley have a free kick right on the edge of the area after Vokes was bundled over. Jones tries to curl it over the wall with his left foot but it takes a deflection.

Dyche will be making the first substitutions of the game by sending on Ross Wallace and Ashley Barnes.

BURNLEY SUBS: Wallace replaces Kightly before Barnes comes on for Vokes.

Neat one-two on the right wing between Conway and Henley. The former then delivers an excellent deep cross that Varney's ready to head home until Trippier makes a superb clearance.

BLACKBURN SUB: Dunn's impressive game comes to an end as he is replaced by recent Blackburn loan signing Liam Feeney. It's a debut for the midfielder.

Burnley level as skipper Shackell bravely heads in Wallace's free kick with Robinson about to clatter him. Brave header and we're all square with 15 minutes to go.

BOOKINGS! Arfield goes into the book for cynically tripping up Henley. Just before the goal, Rovers substitute Feeney was also yellow-carded for a nasty high tackle on Arfield just second after he had come on.

The 4,000+ Burnley fans are now in full voice and spurring their side on. The momentum is with the visitors.

Burnley have turned it around at Ewood Park! What a huge goal this could be in the race for promotion as Blackburn fail to clear their lines before Ings sidefoots home after Barnes had prodded Wallace's cutback his way.

BLACKBURN SUB: Bowyer sends on Rudy Gestede to join Rhodes up front. He replaces Varney.

So as things stand, Burnley are going to go eight points clear of third-placed Derby and just five behind Leicester at the top of the table. MASSIVE!

Understandably, Burnley are beginning to sit back a little here but right now Blackburn can't break them down. The visitors looking pretty comfortable.

By the way, my 1-2 pre-match prediction looks pretty good!

FOUR minutes of added time are signalled. Can Rovers rescue a point?

SAVE! Lowe takes matters into his own hands with a swerving 30-yard drive that Heaton has to acrobatically turn over the bar. Bowyer makes a quick change as Chris Taylor replaces Evans.

CHANCE! Oh Gestede will be kicking himself here. He meets Conway's excellent curling cross but can only head straight at Heaton.

SAVE! Again it's Conway who delivers for Gestede. This time the striker makes better contact but again his header is too central and Heaton smothers.

Blackburn are having a real go here as Hanley shoots on the turn but it's a defender's finish and bobbles wide.

Burnley end their 35-year wait for a win over their East Lancashire rivals. What a HUGE result for the Clarets and surely now promotion to the Premier League is theirs to throw away.

Jubilant scenes on the pitch as Burnley's players celebrate what they know is a vital three points.

Anyway, that's all we've got time for here. Thanks for joining SM. I'll leave you with a link for the latest Championship table. Looks good, eh Burnley fans? Good afternoon!