ROVERS entertain Portsmouth at Ewood Park on Saturday and here's all the stats you need to know ahead of the big game.

THE clash will be the first between the sides in seven years when both were playing in the Premier League.

That Fratton Park encounter ended in a 0-0 draw despite the home side being reduced to 10-men on the hour when Anthony Vanden Borre was sent off.

The game is memorable for the Sky Sports coverage where Chris Kamara, watching the game, failed to spot the dismissal.

Rovers had won the reverse encounter 3-1 thanks in part to a Jason Roberts brace and have won five of the last six Ewood Park clashes between the sides.

Tony Mowbray's men will bid to get back to winning ways at home following their midweek draw with struggling Plymouth Argyle while Portsmouth, who begin the day in 11th, will be looking for their third away league win of the season.

Both sides are locked together on 20 points and a win for either could lift them into the play-off places come Saturday tea time.

Rovers have the edge in the all time record with 38 wins to Pompey's 26 while 24 have ended in draws.

Saturday's match will be the first time the sides have met in the third tier.