Having resumed training after recovering from a groin problem, Emerton was in line to feature in Rovers' Carling Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on Tuesday before the game was called off.

Vince Grella is currently nursing a thigh strain and will not be considered, while El-Hadji Diouf is suspended after being sent off in last Saturday's FA Cup defeat at Villa.

Blackburn (from): Robinson, Olsson, Chimbonda, Jacobsen, Nelsen, Samba, Salgado, Pedersen, Givet, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Andrews, Emerton, Dunn, Di Santo, Roberts, McCarthy, Kalinic, Jones, Brown, Van Heerden, Rigters.