Blackburn Rovers vs Chelsea Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers inhabit the twelfth place in the table with 34 points, two behind Stoke City.
Rovers suffered a humbling experience last time out against Chelsea in the league. The Blues beat Blackburn 5-0 at Stamford Bridge on that occasion.
Rovers’ injuries include defender Lars Jacobsen, who is out due to a hernia, and goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who is out for a month due to a calf injury.
Rovers have won four league games in a row at home, although none of the opponents were titans of the league.
Chelsea come into the match with Blackburn after crashing out of the Champions League through a 0-1 loss at Stamford Bridge to Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti, who was brought into the club precisely for the reason of striking the kind of team balance and attitude that would take the Blues to the pinnacle of success in European club football, has found himself near dismissal as a result of the loss to Inter, and has been told that he must get a league title for Chelsea or he’ll be gone.
Currently second on 64 points to Manchester United’s 66, Chelsea have a game in hand over United so they are sitting in a pretty good position.
But morale and injuries may start to take a toll. A series of scandals surrounding marital infidelity of John Terry and Ashley Cole created a media circus, while injuries to key players continued to plague the Blues.
Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Petr Cech, Hilario, and Jose Bosingwa have all become convalescent in recent weeks.
