Part-timers Blyth Spartans will be looking to make a big surprise and knock out Blackburn out of the FA Cup. The team from the sixth tier of English football will give their best in this match and try to earn at least a replay. Rovers, on the other hand, cannot afford to take this game lightly and with the right approach they should have no problems winning this match.

Part-timers Blyth Spartans will be looking to make a big surprise and knock out Blackburn out of the FA Cup. The team from the fifth tier of English football will give their best in this match and try to earn at least a replay. Rovers, on the other hand, cannot afford to take this game lightly and with the right approach they should have no problems winning this match.

Blackburn showed some improvement under Sam Allardyce and they took four points from the last two games. Manchester City finally showed all their potential by trashing Hull 5:1 and they will be eager to continue in the same fashion.

Back to back victories over WBA and Hull City lifted Sunderland from the relegation zone and they will be looking for the third successive win in a row when they host Blackburn. Sam Allardyce started his reign at Blackburn with an impressive win over Stoke and he will be looking to continue in the same fashion.

Paul Ince is no longer Blackburn manager and Sam Allardyce was brought as a replacement. Rovers easily lost to Wigan last weekend and they need all three points against Stoke. The Potters drew the last three league games and they wouldn’t mind to get another point at Ewood Park.

Wigan put up a real fight at the Emirates and should have taken at least a point from the match. Still, they will be in high spirits after the good performance and will try to pour more misery on Blackburn. Paul Ince is under a lot of pressure after his team failed to win any of the last 10 league games and Rovers will be looking to stop the miserable run.

Blackburn are in big crisis and they are showing no signs of improvement. Paul Ince is in real problems and he doesn’t have much time to change things around. Liverpool failed to win their second successive league match but they remained at the top thanks to Chelsea’s defeat from Arsenal. They need to return to winning ways quickly and they are favourites to win this match.

Manchester United enter this match on the back of very important win over the local rivals Manchester City. Even though Alex Ferguson will make some changes to his starting line-up, the hosts are favourites to win this match. Blackburn are in all sorts of problems after the poor run of results and boss Paul Ince is under big pressure.

Portsmouth were denied a win over Milan in the dying moments of the match and the players will be shaken after that result. Pompey drew their last two league games and maybe it is time for a win. Blackburn continued the poor run of results by losing to Tottenham and that defeat saw them slip into the relegation zone.

These teams will meet for the second time in just three days, having played a Carling Cup match on Wednesday. Blackburn won the match at the Stadium of Light but this match will be much more important for both sides. Both teams are in poor form lately and this will be the chance to kick-start their campaigns.