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With three matches down in all competitions and Albion as yet undefeated, the stern tests just keep coming. Sunday afternoon takes us up to Ewood Park, where Blackburn sit third in the table following back-to-back victories, without conceding a single goal so far.

Our Rovers record is a decent one, last losing to the East Lancashire side on New Year's Day 2019, and winning 2-1 at Ewood last season; a second consecutive win on their turf would be a feat we haven't achieved since the 1890s. Hunting for that win may now be a little harder in personnel terms: the loan exit of Alex Mowatt is naturally a disappointment, and a loss to the team we were hoping to build this year, and it's vital that the wages saved go towards a striker who can take some pressure off Karlan Grant, currently the supplier of 45% of our goals under Steve Bruce.

Another point here would run the risk of making us look like draw specialists - it would, indeed, be the first time we've commenced a campaign with a hat-trick of draws since the Great Escape season - but realistically, handed a tricky opening with the team still a work in progress, we take what we can get. With Cardiff and Hull on the horizon, a point here would keep the tally ticking over until we can fire on all cylinders.