Overview
- Blackburn midfielder Sondre Tronstad serves an automatic one‑match ban after his fifth booking at Bristol City.
- Head coach Valerien Ismael downplayed the loss, saying yellow cards are inevitable and cover is available in midfield.
- Derby arrive on a four‑game league winning run under John Eustace, seeking a fifth straight victory before the international break.
- Blackburn have won three league games in a row yet remain 18th in the table and are targeting a home result to climb.
- Eustace visits Ewood Park for the first time since leaving nine months ago, with several former Rovers now at Derby, while Lewis Travis is reportedly still sidelined with a calf issue.