Blackburn and Ipswich will do battle at Ewood Park for the second time this season when their controversial replay takes place on Tuesday night (19:45 GMT).
The original game on 20 September was abandoned in the 79th minute after heavy rain left the pitch waterlogged.
Rovers were 1-0 up through Todd Cantwell’s penalty and with a man advantage following Jacob Greaves’ red card on 49 minutes when play was halted as the conditions worsened.
The following week the EFL admitted it was an ‘incredibly difficult decision’ but said the game would have to be replayed in full.
While Kieran McKenna welcomed the decision, Rovers boss Valerien Ismael branded the decision ‘a disgrace.’
Ahead of this game in hand, Rovers sit 18th, three points clear of the relegation zone, and though they have taken 13 points from their past seven games, 10 of those came on the road.
Overall they have lost six of their eight games at Ewood Park this season, claiming just four points.
Though Town lie eighth, having missed the chance to jump into the automatic promotion places as they went down 2-1 at lowly Oxford United on Friday, a win here would take the Tractor Boys into fourth.
- Blackburn Rovers have won only one of their past seven league games against Ipswich Town (D2 L4), a 2-0 home win in January 2019 under Tony Mowbray.
- Ipswich completed a league double over Blackburn Rovers when the pair last met in the 2023/24 season – the last time either side went on a longer winning run in this matchup was between 1990 and 1992 (6 in a row by the Tractor Boys).
- Blackburn have already beaten Leicester and Southampton in the Championship this season. They last won three consecutive league games against sides relegated from the Premier League the previous campaign in May 2014 (v Reading, QPR and Wigan).
- Blackburn have lost six of their past eight home league games (W1 D1), and haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 14 at Ewood Park in the Championship (23 goals conceded).
- Ipswich are unbeaten in their past 12 away league games played on a Tuesday (W9 D3) since a 0-2 defeat to Charlton in League One in December 2021.
