TOP-SCORERS Rudy Gestede and Jordan Rhodes, along with captain Grant Hanley, goalkeeper Jason Steele and midfielder Ben Marshall, have all been named on the bench for Blackburn Rovers in their FA Cup fourth-round clash at home to Premier League Swansea City (12.45pm).
Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has made six changes to the side that started last Saturday's 1-1 Championship draw at Wigan Athletic.
Simon Eastwood, Adam Henley, Shane Duffy, Chris Taylor, Lee Williamson and Josh King have been recalled to the side in place of Steele, the ineligible Alex Baptiste, Hanley, Marshall, Corry Evans and Rhodes.
Rovers will be captained by Jason Lowe.
Swansea have made five changes to the team that started their 5-0 home loss to Chelsea last Saturday.
Rovers: Eastwood, Henley, Duffy, Kilgallon, Olsson, Taylor, Lowe, Williamson, Conway, Cairney, King. Subs: Steele, Hanley, Dunn, Brown, Rhodes, Marshall, Gestede.
Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Bartley, Amat, Tiendalli, Carroll, Shelvey, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Barrow, Gomis. Subs: Tremmel, Naughton, Fernandez, Fulton, Emnes, Montero, Oliveira.
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