Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers - Tuesday, October 23 (7.45pm)

Key battle

IT WILL be a battle of the Scotland internationals as Charlie Mulgrew comes up against Oliver McBurnie. The Swans striker is a physical presence at the head of their attack and has four goals so far this season. Rovers will be aiming for a second successive clean sheet on the road after a 1-0 victory at Bolton on October 6.

Previous meeting

ROVERS moved in to the FA Cup fifth round after a 3-1 victory over Swansea in January 2015. The Swans were down to 10 men as early as the seventh minute, and finished with nine, as Kyle Bartley and Gylfi Sigurdsson were sent off. Rovers scorers at Ewood Park were Chris Taylor, Rudy Gestede and Craig Conway.

Referee

Geoff Eltringham

The County Durham official has handed out 39 yellow cards and two reds in his 12 matches. His last time in charge of Rovers was the 4-1 win over Lincoln City in August. 

Predicted teams 

Swansea: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Connor Roberts, Mike van der Horn, Joe Rodon, Martin Olsson, Jay Fulton, Leroy Fer, Tom Carroll, Bersant Celina, Billy McKay, Oli McBurnie

Rovers: David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Richie Smallwood, Corry Evans, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Joe Rothwell, Adam Armstrong

Odds

SWANSEA are 6/5 to get back to winning ways and move within one point of Rovers who are 12/5 to make it three wins in a row. The draw is 9/4. For Adam Armstrong to score first in a 2-2 draw, the odds are 95/1.

League form

Swansea: LDWDLL

Rovers: DWDLWW

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