INJURY and illness hit Blackburn Rovers have made six changes for this afternoon’s FA Cup third-round clash with Championship rivals Charlton Athletic at the wet and grey Valley.

Captain and centre-back Grant Hanley is ill, left-back Markus Olsson is injured, on-loan midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe has been recalled by Fulham, on-loan defender Alex Baptiste has not been given permission to play by Bolton Wanderers, while strikers Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede start on the bench.

They have been replaced in the starting line-up by Matt Kilgallon, Adam Henley, Chris Taylor, Tom Cairney, David Dunn and Chris Brown, for whom it will be his full debut.

Dunn will captain Rovers whose bench includes goalkeeper Jason Steele, who made his loan move from Middlesbrough permanent in midweek, and youngsters Jack O’Connell, John O’Sullivan and Devarn Green.

Gary Bowyer is also without Josh King through illness, Tommy Spurr and Jason Lowe through injury and Corry Evans through suspension.

Rovers boss Bowyer saw his side win 2-0 at home to Charlton when the teams met in league action two weeks ago at Ewood Park.

Charlton: Etheridge, Wilson, Bikey, Ben Haim, Fox, Gudmundsson, Jackson, Buyens, Cousins, Church, Tucudean. Subs: Pope, Gomez, Pigott, Lennon, Muldoon, Thomas, Ahearne-Grant.

Rovers: Eastwood, Marshall, Duffy, Kilgallon, Henley, Conway, Taylor, Williamson, Cairney, Dunn, Brown. Subs: Steele, O’Connell, O’Sullivan, Green, Varney, Rhodes, Gestede.