Rovers 'in with a chance' of play-offs - Atkins

Premier League winner Mark Atkins says Blackburn will be in with half a chance of making the play-offs if they can negotiate the next few weeks and invest in January.

Rovers have won four on the bounce - and kept three clean sheets in the process, following Saturday's 1-0 win at Hull City - to return to the Championship's top six.

Rovers face seven matches in less than four weeks, starting with a trip to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday before games against Luton, Millwall, Sunderland and Hull to come in December before Leeds and Burnley await in the first four days of 2025.

Atkins told BBC Radio Lancashire that Rovers' form was "massively impressive", adding: "Two or three weeks ago, they'd lost three on the trot. To take that to four wins on the bounce is fantastic and the clean sheets are a massive bonus.

"It's a great start, but it's just a start at the minute, they have got to keep going. December is a big month – if you can get through December and still be in those play-offs then you're in with half a chance."

Rovers have only scored 10 goals in their past 13 games and Atkins hopes the January transfer window is used to strengthen in attack.

"The centre forward area is a problem, you need somebody who is going to score goals," said the 56-year-old, who made more than 300 appearances in seven years with Rovers and was part of the team that won the Premier League title in 1995.

"If they can get somebody who is going to get you 10 goals before the end of the Championship season then that would be fantastic. That's the one position you'd say is a bit weak at the minute."

Andi Weimann and Yuki Ohashi are Rovers' joint leading scorers with five apiece, with Sammie Szmodics in third place on three, having left the club in mid-August.