Source: Daily_Mail
El-Hadji Diouf and Morten Gamst Pedersen back to boost Blackburn against Aston Villa
El-Hadji Diouf and Morten Gamst Pedersen are back in contention for Blackburn's second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final with Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday. [LNB]Diouf has served a three-match ban collected following his red card in the 3-1 FA Cup third-round defeat at Villa earlier this month. [LNB] Up for the Cup: Pederesen is set to feature against Aston Villa[LNB]Pedersen, meanwhile, is fit again after shaking off a knee injury that led to him missing Sunday's 2-0 victory over Fulham at Ewood Park. [LNB]Manager Sam Allardyce is still without three players in Lars Jacobsen (thigh), Vince Grella (thigh) and Jason Roberts (knee). [LNB]Team (from): Robinson, Olsson, Chimbonda, Nelsen, Samba, Salgado, Pedersen, Givet, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Andrews, Emerton, Dunn, Di Santo, Diouf, McCarthy, Kalinic, Jones, Brown, Reid. [LNB] Blackburn 0 Villa 1: Milner conjures a gem to put O'Neill's men in controlBlackburn 2 Fulham 0: Injured Dempsey prompts World Cup worryBig Sam to splash £2m on new Wardrobe: Blackburn want Bouba DiopTHE INSIDER: United star Wayne Rooney cool on red-hot Barca, Huntelaar puts Spurs on alert, Mido would be Hull of a risk, and the race for Nuno GomesBLACKBURN ROVERS FC
