FRANCO Di Santo returns to Blackburn Rovers' starting line-up for this afternoon's Premier League clash at Stoke City.
The Argentine replaces El-Hadji Diouf and is expected to be the supporting striker, along with Martin Olsson, behind Nikola Kalinic.
Manager Sam Allardyce otherwise keeps the same side that drew 0-0 at West Ham last weekend.
ROVERS: Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Gael Givet, Chris Samba,Ryan Nelsen, Brett Emerton, Steven Nzonzi, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Franco Di Santo, Nikola Kalinic, Martin Olsson
SUBS: Jason Brown, El-Hadji Diouf, Steven Reid, Jason Roberts, Michel Salgado, Junior Hoilett, Keith Andrews
STOKE CITY: Thomas Sorensen, Andy Wilkinson, Danny Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington, Mamady Sidibe, Ricard Fuller SUBS: Asmir Begovic, Glenn Whelan, James Beattie, Danny Pugh, Salif Diao, Tuncay, Danny Collins
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