SAM Allardyce has named an unchanged side for tonight's home encounter with high fliers Birmingham.

It means David Dunn starts against his former club, while Phil Jones continues at the back alongside Chris Samba.

There are two changes on the bench, with Ryan Nelsen and Franco Di Santo replacing Lars Jacobsen and Amine Linganzi.

For the visitors, Barry Ferguson starts in midfield against his former side.

Blackburn: Jason Brown, Michel Salgado, Chris Samba, Phil Jones, Martin Olsson, El-Hadji Diouf, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, Morten Gamst Pedersen, David Dunn, Nikola Kalinic.

Subs: Mark Bunn, Ryan Nelsen, Brett Emerton, Jason Roberts, Junior Hoilett, Franco Di Santo, Pascal Chimbonda.

Birmingham: Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Liam Ridgewell, Craig Gardner, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Keith Fahey, James McFadden, Cameron Jerome.

Subs: Maik Taylor, Sebastian Larsson, Kevin Phillips, Christian Benitez, Michel, Stuart Parnaby, Gregory Vignal.