Hull City will head into their final five games before the month-long World Cup break on Saturday when they host in-form Blackburn Rovers at the MKM Stadium. After successive away wins at cand Rotherham United, City will be buoyed for the visit of Rovers in front of their own supporters and hope to notch a fifth home win of the campaign to round off October, before facing Middles brough, Millwall, Cardiff City and Reading early next month.
Blackburn Rovers have returned to winning ways in the English Championship following the 2-0 home win over Watford on Tuesday. The Jon Dahl Tomasson-led team were able to recover from the 3-2 home loss to Bristol City with the straightforward victory over the Hornets with a goal in each half. Welsh forward Ryan Hedges gave Blackburn Rovers the lead with seven first half minutes remaining off the assist from young forward Tyrhys Dolan before the win was sealed by Scottish defender Dominic Hyam on 82 minutes off the assist from fellow defender Daniel Ayala.
English Championship outfit Blackburn Rovers are in talks to sign Peterborough United attacker Sammie Szmodics according to sources close to Football Insider. It was reported that Szmodics is on the verge of signing for the former Premier League holders in a £2.5m deal.
Alan Nixon has revealed on his Patreon account that Blackburn Rovers want to sign Barnsley’s Callum Brittain in a £1.5million deal. Brittain, 24, featured 36 times in the Championship last season, in what was his second campaign with the Tykes. His side suffered relegation into League One after a disastrous campaign though, and now Nixon says that Brittain could be on his way to Ewood Park. New Rovers boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has had a very quiet first summer in charge but could make Brittain his first signing of the summer.
Leeds United have re-entered the race to sign Blackburn Rovers hitman Ben Bereton Diaz according to the report from the stables of TEAMtalk. It was revealed that the Lilywhites are ready to fight for the Chilean international during this summer’s transfer window after securing their status in the Premier League for the new season.
Blackburn Rovers are out of the Premier League promotion picture after they were thrashed 3-0 at home by Bournemouth last weekend. Blackburn Rovers went into the Bournemouth game needing a win to stay alive for the playoffs in the English Championship. They had been ruled out of the two automatic spots for promotion into the Premier League ahead of next seasonbefore they faced the Cherries at home on Saturday and needed a win to stay in contention. In the end, they could not stay in contention for Premier League promotion via the playoffs after the heavy home loss at the hands of Scott Parker and his Bournemouth players.
Blackburn Rovers are on a run of five games without a win in the English Championship ahead of their game with Preston North End on Monday. Blackburn Rovers can boost their hopes of making the playoffs by beating Preston away from home. The one-time Premier League champions have not won a game since the 3-1 home win over relegated Derby County in the middle of last month. Since the game against the Rams, Blackburn Rovers have failed to beat Reading, Coventry City and Peterborough United away from home plus both Stoke City and Blackpool at home.
English Championship side Blackburn Rovers reportedly had a bid turned down for Barnsleymidfielder Callum Styles. This is according to the report from the stables of The Sun which claimed that Blackburn Rovers and other teams wanted to sign the young Barnsley midfielder during the winter transfer window only for them to meet a no-sale stance on the part of Barnsley mainly due to the preference of the player.
Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray is of the school of thought that money doesn’t guarantee success as his team continues to exceed expectations in the English Championship this season. The Blackburn Rovers boss talked about money in relation to the fight for Premier League promotion during his pre-match presser ahead of the league game with Welsh team Swansea City on Saturday evening as he called on his players to focus on the task at hand which is to secure one of the two automatic spots on offer for next season’s Premier League campaign.
Premier League promotion chasers Blackburn Rovers have been eliminated from this season’s FA Cup at the third round stage after they ended on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller despite taking the lead. The English Championship giants were knocked out by Wigan Athletic.
