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Manager Ian Holloway has no other new injury concerns but changes are possible following the 4-0 hammering at Stamford Bridge.
Billy Clarke (knee) is a long-term absentee.
Holloway is happy to be back at home after learning some harsh lessons on his travels.Holloway's side play only their second game at Bloomfield Road since winning promotion.
Building work has meant four of the Tangerines' first five gameshave been on the road and two of them have proved rude awakenings - a6-0 hammering at Arsenal and a 4-0 thrashing by Chelsea.
"Whatever we'd have done we'd still be out there now languishingagainst a team that are light years ahead of us," said Holloway of theStamford Bridge drubbing.
"Whatever I did, whatever I tried they were better than us.
"At half-time it was already done and dusted - they were that good,they scored a goal every 10 minutes. But let's move on. We've gotBlackburn at home.
"It'll be nice to have a home game. We have only had one home gameand that seems a lifetime ago. When I walked across the grass I thoughtI was on someone else's pitch. I want to try to score some goals. If wecan do that, we might be a handful."
Blackburn will be without the quartet of David Dunn, Keith Andrews,Vince Grella and Jason Roberts.Grella sustained a hamstring problem in last weekend's draw againstFulham and did not feature in the Carling Cup defeat at Aston Villa inmidweek.
Dunn has not played since the end of August while Andrews and Roberts have yet to feature this season because of injury.
Manager Sam Allardyce will make changes to the side he named for the Carling Cup, with Paul Robinson returning in goal.
Holloway's success with the Seasiders deserves to be ranked alongsideany of the achievements of Sir Alex Ferguson or Jose Mourinho,according to Allardyce.
Holloway, working on a shoestring budget, won promotion to theBarclays Premier League via the play-offs in his first year in charge.
Having taken Leicester down to League One in his only season incharge at the Walkers Stadium and then spent 12 months out of work itwas a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for the Bristolian.
Allardyce, who takes his side to face the club he managed in themid-1990s, believes Holloway's work has not been appreciated as much asit should.
"He has been a good manager for many years," he said.
"This is a major achievement and there are not many managers whohave done what he has done and he should be very proud of hissuccesses.
"When you look at what resources they have we don't give them theplaudits they deserve because they are a small, unfashionable club. Butin terms of resources and finance it lies alongside anything AlexFerguson or Jose Mourinho has done, in reality."
Source: DSG
Source: DSG