Blackburn manager Mark Hughes will be without defender Brett Emerton for tomorrow's Carling Cup quarter-final at home to Arsenal.
The Australia international is suspended after being sent off in Saturday's 5-3 defeat at Barclays Premier League neighbours Wigan.
Dutch defender Andre Ooijer will again be absent and is set to miss the Christmas and new year schedule after sustaining a hamstring injury against West Ham on December 9.
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