Blackburn Rovers predicted team for play-off showdown

Blackburn Rovers travel to face Sheffield United. <i>(Image: Canva)</i>
Blackburn Rovers travel to face Sheffield United. (Image: Canva)
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Four wins in a row has kept Blackburn Rovers season alive heading into their final battle against Sheffield United.

Only three points will do at Bramall Lane and that must be Rovers' priority. After that, they're hoping for favours elsewhere from two of their Lancashire rivals and/or Middlesbrough.

Beating Chris Wilder's side will not be straight forward but Valerien Ismael's side are in form. Their dramatic improvement has been aided by consistent selection.

So it would actually be a shock if there were any changes from last time out. Hayden Carter may return to take his place on the bench but, otherwise, it is more of the same.

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Balazs Toth has performed well since taking the gloves and this will be his biggest test so far. He'll be well shielded by Callum Brittain, Dom Hyam, Danny Batth and Yuri Ribeiro, who have kept two clean sheets in this mini-run.

Lewis Travis and Sondre Tronstad are back to their brilliant best, supporting the back four. In attack, Tyrhys Dolan and Todd Cantwell will hope to produce more brilliance, in addition to Ryan Hedges and Yuki Ohashi.

Predicted Rovers team: Toth; Brittain, Hyam, Batth, Ribeiro; Travis, Tronstad; Dolan, Cantwell, Hedges; Ohashi.

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