Blackburn Rovers host relegation favourites West Ham on Saturday, December 18, in match week 18.
Blackburn are coming off a 2-1 loss in a Lancashire derby away to Bolton. barring an 89th minute strike by Holden, Blackburn could have salvaged a point when M Diouf brought them level a minute earlier after Bolton had taken the lead through Muamba on 65 minutes.
Sam Allardyce will be more than annoyed that his charges did not exploit their one-man advantage in the last third after the sending off of Bolton’s Mark Davies. Barring a first minute opportunity squandered by Roberts, the Rovers did not control the game in the first third. They came back to life on 34 minutes when Roberts running through off a Jones pass was thwarted by Zat Knight. Roberts was the stand out player on the day and had a hand in M Diouf’s late equaliser.
West Ham slumped to a 3-1 loss to Manchester City in match week 17. The Hammers have a long hard winter ahead as they stay at the foot of the table as the Premiership nears the half-way stage. They were outplayed by Man City as Spector and Parker failed to keep up with Mancini’s charges who controlled the midfield.
Head to head, the Hammers lead the Blues 5-1 in their last eight league games. The most recent, hosted at Upton Park by the Hammers, ended in a goalless stalemate.
Blackburn have lost just two of eight home games while winning four and drawing two. West Ham are yet to win on the road, drawing three and losing five of eight played away from home.
Even as the Hammers bid to get out of the relegation mine, they have their task cut out against a team with a good home record.
Blackburn’s starting eleven against Bolton had Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Olsson, Emerton, Jones, Pedersen, M Diouf and Roberts. Dunn, Diouf and Hoilett featured as substitutes.
West Ham had the following men in their starting eleven against Man City: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Ben-Haim, Barrera, Spector, Parker, Stanislas, Piquionne and Obinna. Hines, Cole and Dyer were used as substitutes.
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