Corner to the home side. Taking short early to Pedersen. The ball ends up finding Samba but he heads wide and he should score.

There will be 2 minutes of added time at the end of this match.

Neither side look like they want to push forward with any great gusto and risk losing this and we're heading towards a goalless draw.

Lawrence almost gets on the end of a through ball, but runs into his own man Tuncay, who was making his way back from an offside position.

Good play by Emerton. He beats his man and crosses low towards Di Santo but Sorensen dives low at his near post and cuts out the danger.

Pedersen takes the free-kick left-footed. It hits the top of the wall and comes back to Emerton who tries his luck, but it's wide.

Free-kick to Blackburn for a foul on Grela by Diao.

Emerton drives the ball across goal looking for Pedersen. He has a chance to shoot but looks to tee up Di Santo but Stoke clear.

Corner to Stoke. Ball finds Fuller who fires one across goal and Beattie somehow fires over. He really should have given the visitors the lead.

Fine effort, right-footed from Emerton but it just misses the top right hand corner of Sorensen's goal, with the Stoke keeper scrambling.

Samba drives forward for Blackburn and he forces a corner for Blackburn.

Stoke drive forward at the other end and earn their first corner of the match. Lawrence takes for Stoke but Howard Webb gives the home side a free-kick for a foul on Nelsen.

Spell of possession and pressure from the home side again but it ends with a ball forward by Grela which is well overhit and out for a goal-kick.

McCarthy is warming up for the hosts and it looks like he's about to become Blackburn's 3rd and final change of the afternoon.

Poor defending down the right from Blackburn and Stoke could have opened the scoring. fuller turns Nelsen well and crosses, but Etherington and Sidibe get in each other's way.

Free-kick to Blackburn for a foul on Di Santo about 10 yards inside the Stoke half. Emerton takes long but it's out for a goal-kick.

Shot from N'Zonzi and it hits the post. The home side are starting to crank up the pressure on Stoke.

Acrobatic effort from Rovers captain Nelsen and it's a fine save from Sorensen to turn it round for a corner.

Shot from Wilkinson for Stoke, but he opts for the near post rather than going across goal and it's into the side netting.

Good spell of possession from the home side but it doesn't come to anything.

Faye is just getting stripped and it looks like Stoke are preparing to make their first change of the afternoon.

Low cross by Etherington at the other end, cut out by Samba and it's out for a throw-in to the visitors.

Low cross from Grela for Roberts. He pulls it back for Diouf, but his right-foot effort goes over the bar.

Both sides would, I'm sure, be relatively satisfied with a point and the first half has looked very much that way, with neither side really showing any great attacking endeavour and both defences well on top.

The referee's assistant has indicated a minimum of just 1 minute's stoppage time.

The game just going a little flat again as we approach half-time with neither side wanting to lose a goal going into the break.

Diouf crosses left-footed for Di Santo, but it's too high for the Blackburn strker and it's headed clear.

Good effort from Lawrence from close range and it's a great reaction save from Robinson to keep the score goalless.

Emerton crosses left-footed towards Roberts. It's half headed clear and then Givet is adjudged to have fouled his man and it's a free-kick to Stoke.

Di Santo chips the ball forward aiming for Roberts but it's overhit and the danger is over for Stoke.

Good ball into the penalty area by Emerton and Wilkinson has to play it out for a corner under pressure.

Dunn looks to be struggling for Blackburn and is casting a worrying look over to the Blackburn bench.

Almost half an hour gone at Ewood Park and it's been a pretty low-key affair thus far. No goals and very little in the way of chances.

Ambitious long-range effort from Lawrence for the visitors. It's on target but too close to Robinson and it ends up being a comfortable save for the Blackburn keeper.

Nelsen and Fuller tussle for possession but the ball runs through to Robinson in the Blackburn goal.

N'Zonzi crosses or Di Santo. He gets to it with his head running away from goal but he can't get enough on it and the ball is well off target.

Chimbonda bursts forward for the home side and it's another corner for the home side.

Samba almost misjudges a long ball forward for Fuller and the Stoke man would have been in on goal but for the long legs of the Blackburn man nicking the ball away.

Diouf gets the ball out on the right. He has two defenders closing him down, but he does well to earn his side a corner.

Good chance for Stoke. Whitehead is put in on goal, but his shot is well saved by Robinson and Andrews gets back well to clear.

Corner to the home side. Dunn takes but it's cleared. The cross comes in again but Collins heads clear and Stoke try to break themselves with Etherington but it ends with a comfortable save for Robinson.

Di Santo went down injured a moment ago and he just seems to be hobbling slightly still.

Samba strides forward and strikes it from 30 yards, but it's always rising and afely over Sorensen's crossbar.

The home side have started marginally the better here, but there's very little goalmouth action to speak of.

Strong challenge by Sidibe on Andrews and referee Howard Webb awards the hosts a free-kick.

Andrews plays it forward for Di Santo to run onto again, but he can't quite prevent the ball from running out of play for a goal-kick to Stoke.

Foul by Andrews on Fuller and it's a free-kick to Stoke inside the Balckburn half.

Ball forward again towards Di Santo down the right. He finds Dunn under pressure from Huth, but the ball ends up coming off Dunn for a throw to Stoke.

Blackburn starting to exert some pressure on the visitors with some decent possession. Andrews tries to pick out Di Santo but Sorensen was out quickly to smother the ball.

The crowd are in buoyant mood this afternoon but it's been a quiet start from both teams as they try to settle into this match.