Barclays Premier League
- Venue: Etihad Stadium
- Date: Saturday, 25 February
TEAM NEWS
Manchester City's Yaya and Kolo Toure could make their first Premier League appearances since early January, having since been on international duty.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- This is the 121st meeting between the sides. Blackburn have the upper hand with 50 wins to Manchester City's 42.
- Blackburn have managed only one win at Manchester City in their last nine visits.
- Rovers have only three away wins against Manchester City in the Premier League.
- Roberto Mancini's side are the first team to collect 60 points from 25 matches in the Premier League since Arsenal did in 2007-2008.
- They are unbeaten in their last 22 league matches at the Etihad Stadium, including winning a top-flight club record 17 in a row. If they win on Saturday they will become only the sixth club in top-flight history to win 18 consecutive home matches.
- They have conceded the equal-lowest amount of goals (six) at home in the four divisions of English league football, along with Birmingham City.
- Yakubu is the first Blackburn player to score 13 goals at this stage of the season (after 25 games) since Kevin Gallacher and Chris Sutton in 1997-98.
- His conversion rate of shots to goals (38 percent) is the best of any player in the Premier League.
- Blackburn have won just two of their last 21 Premier League away games (W2 D8 L11).
