Good afternoon and welcome to the LIVE commentary of Blackburn Rovers' first match of the season against Wolves at Ewood Park.

The hosts did the double over Wolves last season - their 3-0 win at Ewood Park in December was Sam Allardyce's last home game in charge.

Now for some quick match stats ahead of the game: Blackburn are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Wolves, a run stretching back 11 years.

This game could have been played in the Championship today, had results gone differently on the last game of the 2010/11 season, which is when these two last played. Wolves survived thanks to Birmingham and Blackpool conceding late goals in dramatic fashion.

Wolves striker Kevin Doyle has managed to recover from a knee injury and will be raring to get off the mark. New signing Roger Johnson has been put straight into the side after making his move from Midlands rivals Birmingham.

Blackburn are struggling at the back today as Chris Samba has failed to recover from a groin injury while Ryan Nelsen is still feeling the after-effects of knee surgery.

BLACKBURN: Robinson, Salgado, Hanley, Nzonzi, Olsson, Emerton, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Formica, Roberts. Subs: Bunn, Rochina, Blackman, Goodwillie, Ribeiro, Anderson, Henley /// WOLVES: Hennessey, Stearman, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Jarvis, O'Hara, Henry, Hunt, Doyle, Fletcher. Subs: De Vries, Elokobi, Ebanks-Blake, Hammill, Milijas, Foley, Maierhofer