Craig Bellamy will be looking to continue his recent run in a bid to push Rovers closer to the Champions League qualifiaction places. Bellamy has scored four times in the last five games he has played against the Black Cats but Mark Hughes is warning his players not to take Sunderland lighlty as they are well capable of causing an upset.
Vital Quotes:
Mark Hughes: ‘It has been a difficult year for everybody involved with Sunderland. It is a potential banana-skin because everybody believes that at some point Sunderland will get a home win. On paper it would seem a real opportunity for three away points but we have to be wary of them.’
Sunderland Team News:
Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage serves a one-match ban after the first red card of his club career.
He will be replaced by Tugay, providing he is fully fit after a calf strain, while Andy Todd also returns.
Player to watch: Craig Bellamy
He scored two against Sunderland earlier on this season and is on great form at the minute.
Blackburn Team News:
Sunderland trio Julio Arca (hamstring), Liam Lawrence (hip) and Stephen Elliott (hamstring) have resumed training and are expected to return to the squad.
Jon Stead is recalled while club captain Gary Breen is again expected to be among the substitutes.
Player to watch: Jon Stead
He has to score eventually and who better to score against thean his old club.
Match Facts & Stats
Defeat, coupled with a West Brom win at Old Trafford on Sunday, could see the Black Cats one match away from a return to the Championship.
Rovers have won two of their seven Premiership contests with Sunderland, but they’ve not won on Wearside since a 0-1 success in the old Second Division on 10 February 1990.
Match Prediction:
Craig Bellamy to get both goals in a 2-1 victory.
