{"id":427782,"date":"2011-05-21T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/wolves-blackburn-rovers-preview-steve-keans-men-looking-to-maintain-undefeated-record-against-the-hosts\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T08:02:00","slug":"wolves-blackburn-rovers-preview-steve-keans-men-looking-to-maintain-undefeated-record-against-the-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/wolves-blackburn-rovers-preview-steve-keans-men-looking-to-maintain-undefeated-record-against-the-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves &#8211; Blackburn Rovers Preview: Steve Kean&#8217;s men looking to maintain undefeated record against the hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h2>Visitors have not lost to Mick McCarthy&#8217;s side in the Premier League, and visit Molineux for a crunch contest that will see the winner assured of top-flight survival<\/h2>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.9902629017\">\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img64.imageshack.us\/img64\/8849\/kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nKevin Doyle is believed to have aggravated a knee injury ahead of the relegation dogfight, but could potentially return to claim a spot on the bench. This means that the partnership between Steven Fletcher and Stephen Ward should continue.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Jarvis failed to train on Friday, and remains a doubt for this game.<\/p>\n<p>\nChris Samba, Junior Hoilett and Jermaine Jones have all returned to fitness and should be able to take their respective places in the starting line-up in this all-important clash at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Nelsen and Vince Grella are long-term casualties and will play no part in this fixture.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blackburn Rovers<\/strong> have never lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League. Their last defeat to this opposition came in 2000 in the second tier, when the hosts managed to carve out a 2-1 victory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Robinson could become only the fifth goalkeeper in the history of the Premier League to concede 500 goals in the top-flight, should he let one in on the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rovers have lost 12 games on the road, scoring 21 but conceding 41 in the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If all games ended at half-time, neither one of these sides would have been battling for relegation. The hosts would have been in a comfortable seventh position, while Steve Kean&#8217;s men would have been fighting for a Europa League spot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Steven Fletcher has been in impressive form in the past few weeks, scoring four times in the last five games for Wolves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mick McCarthy&#8217;s men have managed to take seven points out of a possible nine from their last three games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<br \/>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/21\/2496429\/wolves-blackburn-rovers-preview-steve-keans-men-looking-to\" title=\"Wolves - Blackburn Rovers Preview: Steve Kean's men looking to maintain undefeated record against the hosts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolves &#8211; Blackburn Rovers Preview: Steve Kean&#8217;s men looking to maintain undefeated record against the hosts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Visitors have not lost to Mick McCarthy&#8217;s side in the Premier League, and visit Molineux for a crunch contest that will see the winner assured of top-flight survival By Adithya Ananth Shop for the latest footy kit \u00a0 Kevin Doyle is believed to have aggravated a knee injury ahead of the relegation dogfight, but could potentially return to claim a spot on the bench. This means that the partnership between Steven Fletcher and Stephen Ward should continue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wolves - Blackburn Rovers Preview: Steve Kean&#039;s men looking to maintain undefeated record against the hosts - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/wolves-blackburn-rovers-preview-steve-keans-men-looking-to-maintain-undefeated-record-against-the-hosts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wolves - Blackburn Rovers Preview: Steve Kean&#039;s men looking to maintain undefeated record against the hosts - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Visitors have not lost to Mick McCarthy&#039;s side in the Premier League, and visit Molineux for a crunch contest that will see the winner assured of top-flight survival By Adithya Ananth Shop for the latest footy kit \u00a0 Kevin Doyle is believed to have aggravated a knee injury ahead of the relegation dogfight, but could potentially return to claim a spot on the bench. 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