TONY Mowbray has acknowledged the tough test his side will face at promotion-chasing Fulham tonight but is looking for Rovers to ‘put some pressure’ on their relegation rivals with a positive result.

Rovers slipped back in to the relegation places, despite making it five games unbeaten with a 2-2 draw at Norwich.

But a positive result at Craven Cottage (7.45pm) would move them out of the bottom three.

Fulham will be eyeing an incentive of their own however, knowing a win would see them move in to the top six after a 3-1 win at Newcastle on Saturday.

But despite coming up against one of the league’s in-form sides, head coach Mowbray said: “We’ll be ready for it, we know we’re playing against probably the form team in the league at the moment who had a fantastic result at St James’ at the weekend.

“We know it’s a tough ask but it’s a game where there is not a full programme, it’s a game in hand, and we have to look to take some points and put some pressure on the teams around us.

“It’s a tough ask but it’s a challenge we’re looking forward to.

“Hopefully we’re going to go there and ask some questions of them, make life difficult for them when they have possession and see how we come out.”

Rovers have won just twice on their travels this season, at Derby and Newcastle, but not since November, a record they will likely have to improve on if they’re to avoid the drop, with six of their remaining 10 games coming away from home.

But having upset the odds before, Mowbray is hoping they can do it again.

He added: “This team and club have been to some big clubs and big grounds and got some positive results when maybe people didn’t think that they could.

“That shows a lot about their character, so this is just the next test for this group of players.

“At times they have risen to those questions and we’ll see what Tuesday night brings.

“I have said before, there’s a surprise among myself, and possibly themselves, with their performance levels over the past two weeks.

“They have been pretty high, I felt that we have been really unfortunate not to have beaten Cardiff and Norwich on the back of two wins at home.

“They are doing really well, they have to keep going, believing in themselves and working hard for each other and see where it takes us.

“There are 10 games to go, a lot of football to be played and points to be played for.”

Mowbray was left frustrated by Rovers’ failure to take all three points against Norwich on Saturday having played against 10 men for more than 70 minutes.

But despite dropping back in to the bottom three, Mowbray admits there were plenty of positives to take as they move in to the final 10 games of the season.

“Every game is an incentive for us to pick up points at the moment,” he said.

“There was a slight frustration perhaps that we got an away point at Norwich, one of the more fancied teams in the league, and dropped two places.

“But that’s football, we understand that, and that we have to win games between now and the end of the season, where they come doesn’t really matter.

“Whether it be Fulham away, Norwich away, or Preston at home, we need to start picking up points and the more three points we get the better.”