Blackburn Rovers face League Two Harrogate Town in the second round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening.
Rovers have started the season well, only losing one of their opening four games in the Championship. Their last game was on Sunday afternoon, beating Watford 1-0 at Vicarage Road, courtesy of a sublime goal from Welsh international Ryan Hedges.
They had to put up a fight to get the second round, beating League Two Walsall 4-3 in a seven goal thriller.
Harrogate in the other hand have had a mixed start to their League Two season, winning two and losing three of their opening five games of the league season. They won their last game on Saturday afternoon, beating Morecambe 2-0. They progressed by beating Carlisle United 1-0, who were recently promoted to League One.
Here is how we expect Blackburn to line up against Harrogate this evening.
Team news
Blackburn look to be without summer signing Arnor Sigurdsson and Jack Vale through injury, and Joe Rankin-Costello will miss out through a light hamstring injury. Rovers have the return of Harry Pickering though, after he served his suspension following his red card against Hull City a week and a half ago.
In his pre-match press conference, manager Jon Dahl Tomasson confirmed that Sam Gallagher will start, along with summer signings Leopold Wahlstedt who will be given his debut since moving from ODD in Norway, and last week’s signing Andrew Moran, who signed on loan from Brighton, will also start.
Blackburn’s predicted XI vs Harrogate: Wahlstedt; Rankin-Costello, Carter, Hyam, Brittain; Travis, Wharton; Hedges, Szmodics, Moran; Gallagher.