please log in to view this image please log in to view this image V's please log in to view this image Blackburn Rovers V's Bristol City FA Cup Third round * Venue: Ewood Park * Date: Saturday, 5 January * Kick-off: 15:00.. please log in to view this image TEAM NEWS Caretaker Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer could throw youngsters Hugo Fernandez and Tim Payne into his side. David Dunn will be absent with a recurrence of a calf problem, although Simon Vukcevic is set to feature having recovered from a leg injury. Bristol City boss Derek McInnes will be without Neil Danns, loanee Stephen McManus and Albert Adomah. Stephen Pearson is also missing so Marvin Elliott, Neil Kilkenny and Bobby Reid are all pushing for starts. MATCH PREVIEW MATCH FACTS Head to head ⢠Each of these clubs have scored 58 goals in 36 competitive meetings; Bristol City have won 16, Blackburn 11. ⢠Blackburn have put a total of nine goals past Bristol City in winning their last two league clashes, including a 5-3 triumph in the Championship at Ashton Gate in September, when Jordan Rhodes scored two of their goals. ⢠Their only previous meeting in the FA Cup was in the third round in 1951, when Bristol City achieved a 2-1 home victory, and eventually fell in the last 16 Blackburn Rovers ⢠Blackburn completed back-to-back victories this week immediately after sacking Henning Berg, and will be hoping for a hat-trick from what is one of four all-Championship ties in the third round of the FA Cup. ⢠It's 85 years since Rovers last won the FA Cup for the sixth time in their history, but they have made two semi-final appearances in the last eight seasons. ⢠The Lancashire club have not lost at home in the competition since Coventry completed a 4-1 triumph at this same stage five years ago, when Blackburn were in the Premier League and the Sky Blues in the Championship. Bristol City ⢠Bristol City are struggling one off the foot of the Championship table, and are in danger of tumbling to a sixth successive third round defeat. ⢠They have been knocked out by lower league opposition in each of the last two seasons (Sheffield Wednesday and Crawley), and have not won a tie in this competition since dismissing Coventry in the third round in 2007. ⢠The 1909 runners-up have not scored in three FA Cup outings, and the 1-1 home draw with Cardiff in the third round in January 2010 is the only time they have found the net in six. please log in to view this image
#BristolCity v Blackburn - Heaton, M.Wilson, J.Wilson, Carey, Fontaine, Cunningham, Pearson, Skuse, Anderson, Stead, Taylor #BristolCity Subs - Gerken, Bates, Edwards, Woolford, Reid, Davies, Burns. Absentees: Baldock (knee), Elliott (groin), Foster (hamstring), Adomah (international), McManus (no permission), Danns (loan ended).
M Wilson and Fonts. Hmmm. Can the defence get any worse than that? Be amazed if we don't give Rhodes a very happy day with that line up.
Got to be honest I know we are stripped today of players but M.Wilson Liam Fontaine I would feel safer with Tanglefoot instead of Fontaine
I bet you wish GJ was still here. Surley guys you do not want this guy anymore,it is a bloody joke. I have to say the man at the top has a lot to answer for. It gets worse as each week goes by.
I think that every City manager for the last five years has lied to us about our attitude to Cup ties. I now believe that it is deliberate Club policy to lose all cup-ties! Why, I cannot fathom out. Is anyone there at Ewood Park actually trying or are we even more inept than I thought we were
Following this crock of **** for years is enough to make people ****ing miserable John. We are really and truly pathetic most of the time and most teams must be rubbing their hands when they see us next up on their fixture list...
Bristol City FC@bcfctweetsDM: "I keep getting asked if I'll play youngsters or put a weakened team out; I'll be putting my strongest team out." So is Mark Wilson one of the strong ones? Surely even though he is younger, Joe Edwards is a better footballer anyway?
