Blackburn Rovers versus Wolverhampton Wanderers – Match Preview: English Premier League
Two favourites to get relegated in the 2011-2012 English Premier League season meet early on in the new league season at Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at their home stadium on 13th of
August, 2011. Let’s shed some light on how these two teams might line up on the opening day of the season...
Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385
Steve Kean’s men are already favourites to get relegated even before the season has kicked off in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 thus what better way for them to get back to their critics with a win on the first day against their relegation rivals Wolverhampton
Wanderers. Both Blackburn and Wolverhampton went tooth and nail at each other near the end of the 2010-2011 Premier League season as they fought to secure their Premier League future. Both the teams succeeded in the end but Blackburn’s marginalized squad and
the lack of investment means that they are in serious trouble as thing stand.
Kean is a favourite amongst bookies to lose his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in the first half of the Premier League season due to his club’s dire state of affairs at the moment. Blackburn have by far the worst squad in the league and the most shallow
one as well which means that they will suffer if some of their first team players get injured sooner rather than later. It will be interesting to see how Blackburn do this season but there is a very real possibility that they might get relegated near the end
of upcoming Premier League season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton survived the relegation scare that faced them last season but now as the new season dawns Mick McCarthy will be hoping that his team can revive themselves into a mid-table outfit rather than a bottom table relegation
threatened team. Wolves have the quality to make the change in position as far as the English Premier League table is concerned but they will need mental strength to do so as well. Last season http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 suffered against their peers whilst gaining some incredible
results against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and Manchester United.
Their ability to raise their game against stronger opponents is an amazing aspect of Mick McCarthy’s team but they need to showcase consistency this season in order to avoid a relegation scrap come May of 2012. There have been
some improvements in Wolves’ squad for the upcoming season; McCarthy has brought in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roger-Johnson-c31524, Jamie O’Hara and Dorus De Vries.
Team News
Blackburn Rovers will be keen to give a debut to their new signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radosav-Petrovic-c30309 but such a thing is easier said than done as he joined the Rovers just a couple of days ago which means that Kean will have to move fast to get
him into his squad. Other than that, the Lancashire club side might also be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Scholes’ testimonial match a week earlier.
Expected Blackburn line up: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Hanley, Olsson, Hoilett, Givet, N’Zonzi, Rochina, Roberts
McCarthy might give debuts to his three new signings but it is unlikely that he will go for such a big adventure in the very first match of the season against Blackburn Rovers. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Doyle-c20719 is set to miss the match against Blackburn
due to his fitness issues which plagued him throughout the preseason.
Expected Wolverhampton line up: Hennessey,
Zubar, Johnson, Berra, Elokobi, Jarvis, O'Hara, Milijas, Henry, Hunt, Fletcher
Prediction
This is a tough one to call but a draw seems to be the most likely result out of this match up as both the teams are quite well matched.
Prediction: Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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