Bristol Rovers vs Blackburn Rovers. Sky Bet League One.
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Friday 13 April 2018 12:42, UK
Liam Sercombe has joined Bristol Rovers' growing injury list ahead of their clash with Sky Bet League One promotion contenders Blackburn.
The midfielder lasted just 24 minutes of last Saturday's draw with Charlton and is unavailable. Sercombe joins Stuart Sinclair and Joe Partington in the treatment room, with the pair sidelined for the rest of the season, but Chris Lines is back from suspension.
Manager Darrell Clarke is expected to give youth a chance and Mo Baghdadi and Kenan Dunnwald were recalled from their loan spells at Vanarama National League South side Weston-super-Mare earlier this week.
Dangerman Bradley Dack (hamstring) is fit for Blackburn. The playmaker was taken off after 56 minutes of the midweek draw with his former club Gillingham as a precaution.
Defender Darragh Lenihan shrugged off a knock to play 90 minutes against the Gills and should continue. Midfielder Harry Chapman is unavailable due to hamstring injury while defender Ryan Nyambe still remains a few weeks away from making a comeback.
These sides haven't met at Bristol Rovers since March 1992, when the Gas won 3-0 in a second tier match.
Blackburn have won five of their last seven league meetings with Bristol Rovers (D1 L1), though this is only their second meeting since that match in March 1992.
The Gas haven't kept a clean sheet at the Memorial Stadium in League One since December 2017, conceding in each of their last nine games there.
Ellis Harrison has been directly involved in 16 goals in League One this term (12 goals and four assists); the most of any player for Bristol Rovers.
Rovers' Adam Armstrong has scored five goals in his last six appearances in League One, including a brace away at MK Dons at the start of the month.
