Mark Atkins
Former Blackburn midfielder on BBC Radio Lancashire

Will Smallbone has really got to score there. That was a big let-off for Blackburn.

He was given so much space to run into the box and only had the keeper to beat.

Great counter attack from Stoke.

They work the ball upfield moments after Blackburn are wedged in the Stoke half of the pitch.

Will Smallbone is played through into the Rovers box but he fires a shot against the crossbar.

A let off for Blackburn.

Meanwhile at the Bet365 Stadium, it's all Blackburn right now as Stoke are forced into conceding a corner.

Sam Gallagher tries to get onto the end of a long ball into the box after it's played short but it's blocked away and eventually Stoke make a clearance.

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Jacob Brown almost works a way through a hole in the Blackburn defence as he latches onto a loose ball deep in the Rovers half.

But the visitors deal with the danger and work the ball upfield and Morgan Fox's wayward high clearance falls to Joe Rankin-Costello who slices a shot well wide of the target.

Right then, we're under way.

Stoke get this Championship fixture going.

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Unfortunately we can't bring you live radio commentary on this page tonight.

But other than reading my prose, there is another option.

Grab your radios as BBC Radio Stoke and BBC Radio Lancashire are on hand to take you through the action.

Here's how Blackburn line up for their trip down the M6 this evening.

Rovers are unchanged after their win against fellow promotion chasers Sheffield United.

Blackburn: Pears, Rankin-Costello, Carter, Hyam, Pickering, Travis, Buckley, Thomas, Szmodics, Dolan, Gallagher.

Subs: Hilton, Brittain, Phillips, Garrett, Morton, Hedges, Brereton Diaz.

Three changes for Stoke as Jack Bonham replaces Matija Sarkic in goal, with Ben Wilmot and Phil Jagielka also missing out.

Morgan Fox and Axel Tuanzebe come in at the back.

Stoke: Bonham, Hoever, Tuanzebe, Fox, Sterling, Pearson, Laurent, Smallbone, Brown, Campbell, Gayle.

Subs: Fielding, Clucas, Baker, Tymon, Thompson, Taylor, Reddin.

Both sides come into this Championship fixture off the back of morale-boosting victories last time around.

Stoke, under Alex Neil, defeated his former club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light coming into the visit of Blackburn.

Meanwhile, Blackburn kept their promotion form alive as they held on to beat Sheffield United last weekend and keep pace with third-placed Middlesbrough.

Rovers could move back into third tonight should they beat the Potters. But who's going to keep the good times rolling this evening?

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Yes come in, I'll take your coat. Kettle's on. Anyway, I present to you - the football.

Stoke v Blackburn sound alright? Mixed with some Crewe v Salford?

Yeah alright then. Kick-off in tonight's Championship fixture is coming soon.