The Blackburn Rovers winger has been the victim of 1.59 fouls per 90 in Rovers’ last 30 matches, making him Rovers’ most regularly fouled player.

This trend has continued in recent games, with the Welshman having been fouled at least once in five of his last six starts for the side.

He will be up against Derby’s Kane Wilson, who has accumulated an average of more than one foul per 90 after conceding 7 fouls in his last 4 Derby starts.

The Norwegian midfielder has built up an impressive average of 1.24 fouls per 90 since joining Blackburn. Considering the fact the 28-year-old plays 90 minutes in the vast majority of his matches under John Eustace, this is a selection that has a good chance of landing. In his last five competitive matches we’ve seen Tronstad go 0, 1, 2, 2, 2 for fouls committed.

The Manchester United academy graduate has been playing as a wide forward in Eustace’s 4-2-3-1, rather than as a right back or central midfielder role as we’ve seen him in the past.

He is quickly becoming one of the key figures in the first team, arguably the second-biggest goal threat in the squad with an average of 0.78 shots on target in Rovers’ last 30 matches.

Having averaged 2.23 shots per 90 minutes previously, that rate of shooting in a higher up position should convert into more shots on target.

Every Blackburn match at Ewood Park in 2024 has seen the opposition goalkeeper making at least two saves. This is a selection that has landed in 12 consecutive home games.

Averaging 1.01 fouls per 90 over Blackburn’s last 30 appearances, the Scotsman has committed at least one foul in each of his last eight matches, and at least one foul in 17 of his last 19 matches.

He has never been substituted under John Eustace, so expect him to register another full 90.

Osborn will be up against Lewis Travis and Sondre Tronstad who are a particularly combative duo in midfield for Blackburn.

Travis averages over two fouls per game in the Championship for Blackburn when counting Blackburn’s last 50 matches, and Tronstad averages 1.24 fouls per 90 since joining Blackburn.

He also drew 0.67 fouls per 90 in the Premier League last season for Sheffield United.

NML will be playing as a wide forward for Derby, squaring up against Harry Pickering, who he should be able to dominate from a pace, strength and power perspective.

He has averaged 2.26 shots per 90 in Derby’s last 30 matches with 0.83 hitting the target per 90. With that in mind you can expect him to be one of Derby’s biggest threats in the match.

Derby had the second-highest number of corners in League One last season behind Peterborough United.

Part of the Paul Warne gameplan is to get crosses into the box, so Derby aim to get corners whenever possible.

Blackburn had the fourth-highest corners conceded total in the Championship last season, averaging 5.9 corners against per match.