Meet the opposition | Blackburn Rovers
As Swansea City prepare to take on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, we take a closer look at the Lancashire side.
What's their story?
Established in 1875, Blackburn Rovers are three-time English champions and six-time FA Cup winners. Their most recent success came in the 1994-1995 season where under manager Kenny Daglish they won the Premier League, ending a 67-year wait for a major trophy.
After spending 19 years in the Premier League, they did drop to League One but established themselves in the Championship over recent years under the management of Tony Mowbray.
After a promising start to the season last time out, Rovers just missed out on the play-off places, finishing in eighth place in the league, but they have been right in the promotion hunt from the off this term and are among the teams battling for a top-six finish.
How's their form?
Blackburn went through 27 games of this Championship season without recording a single draw, as they picked up 14 wins and 13 defeats.
However, having drawn for the first time against Bristol City, they followed it up by sharing the spoils with Wigan, Watford and West Brom.
Overall, they have won two of their last 11 league games.
Who's the gaffer?
Ex-Newcastle striker Jon Dahl Tomasson came in as head coach for the 2022-23 season, replacing Tony Mowbray who departed after six years in charge.
As a player, Tomasson made 450 league appearances, scoring 180 goals, for some of Europe's top clubs in Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain, including Feyenoord and AC Milan. He scored 52 goals in 112 caps for Denmark, featuring in three major tournaments.
Tomasson was assistant coach for the national team's Euro 2020 campaign, and most recently enjoyed success with Malmo, who he led to back-to-back Allsvenskan titles.
Who's the captain?
Long-serving captain Darragh Lenihan departed for Championship rivals Middlesbrough last summer. He has been replaced by midfielder Lewis Travis, who took the armband when the Irishman was absent during the 2021-22 season.
A Liverpool and Rovers academy product, Travis has been a mainstay in the midfield since being promoted to the senior side by Tony Mowbray in 2017, and started the season in fine fashion with a stunning winner against QPR.
He fell out of favour over the festive period, but has returned strongly recently.
Who are the key men?
Blackburn hitman Ben Brereton Diaz was in sensational form last season, scoring 22 league goals and he is again their top scorer this season with 11 goals, whilst also contributing four assists.
A product of the Gillingham academy, Rovers have seen Bradley Dack put nearly three years of injury frustration behind him and rediscover the sort of form that marked him out as a reliable creator and scorer of goals at Championship level.
He has scored seven goals and set up three more in 27 games in all competitions.