Preview: Blackburn Rovers vs. Derby County

Blackburn Rovers host Derby County on Saturday afternoon looking to climb out of the Championship relegation zone.

A poor run of form has seen the Ewood Park outfit drop into the bottom three, and they will be eager to halt their slide with a victory over Derby.

Caretaker manager Gary Bowyer could introduce Colin Kazim-Richards to his starting lineup, with Cameron Stewart dropping to the bench.

Derby travel to Lancashire on the back of their first defeat in four games, after they suffered a last-minute loss to Ipswich Town last weekend.

The Rams had previously won three matches in a row to move up to 10th spot in the table, but with an eight-point gap between themselves and the playoff places, manager Nigel Clough will be aware that only a win will do against Rovers.

Clough could hand a start to Ben Davies after he came off the bench last weekend.

Recent form

Blackburn Rovers: DLDDLL

Derby County: DLWWWL

Possible starting lineups

Blackburn Rovers: Sandomierski; Dann, Kane, G.Hanley, Lowe; Dunn, Williamson, Morris; Kazim-Richards, Jones, Rhodes

Derby County: Fielding; Buxton, Keogh, Freeman, Bryson; Coutts, Hendrick, Forsyth, Ward, Davies; Sammon

Sports Mole says: 1-1