Blackburn Rovers vs Peterborough United. Sky Bet League One.
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Thursday 19 April 2018 18:51, UK
Blackburn expect Corry Evans to be fine for Thursday’s clash with Peterborough at Ewood Park.
The midfielder came off at half-time against Bristol Rovers at the weekend but trained on Wednesday to hand manager Tony Mowbray a boost.
Full-back Ryan Nyambe (hamstring) is still out and may not play again this season. Harry Chapman (hamstring) and Ben Gladwin (knee) are also out.
Peterborough could have Marcus Maddison (ankle) back for the trip. The playmaker has missed Posh's last two games and could be back along with Steven Taylor, who has completed his suspension.
However, defender Ryan Tafazolli may not play again this term due to a hamstring issue. Posh are currently three points off the play-off places.
Blackburn Rovers and Peterborough United have never played out a draw in the Football League (Blackburn winning two and Peterborough winning three).
The Posh have scored in every meeting between these two sides in the Football League, despite losing two of their last three games against Rovers (W1), including a 2-3 defeat in the reverse fixture at the London Road Stadium back in December.
Blackburn are unbeaten in their last 12 league matches (W8 D4), the longest current unbeaten run in League One. In fact, Rovers have lost just one of their last 31 league matches (W19 D11).
Peterborough have won just one of their last eight League One matches on the road (D4 L3), scoring exactly one goal in each of their last six (failing to score in the other two during this run).
Shrewsbury slipping up on Tuesday night means that Blackburn are right in pole position now to secure their return to the Sky Bet Championship behind Wigan. They've still got to do their own job and claim the points on Thursday night though.
Peterborough won't be pushovers and still have a decent chance of reaching the play-offs. I think this one will be tight, but I'm backing Blackburn to have enough to win it.
David Prutton predicts: 2-1 with Bradley Dack to score first (20/1 with Sky Bet)