Manager Sam Allardyce has a near full compliment of playing staff to select from for Tuesday night's all important Carling Cup semi-final 1st leg.

Tuesday's Ewood Park game sees Rovers face Aston Villa for the second time in three days, but this time in they are just one step away from a place in a Wembley final.

David Dunn has reported no ill effects after his 55 minute outing at Villa Park on Saturday, whilst Brett Emerton has recovered from the groin strain that has forced him out of Rovers last four games.

That just leaves Vince Grella absent with a thigh strain and El-Hadji Diouf serving the first of a three-match suspension after Saturday's red card.

"Unfortunately we are without Dioufy for three matches now but in saying that we do look like we've got Dunny, who has reported no ill effects from his game, and we've got Brett back in training," revealed the Rovers boss.

"So that compensates a little bit, and we've only now Vince out through injury.

"So I think at this time of the year it is a relatively good squad going into a semi-final that our choices are good and we've got to make those choices very wisely over the two-legged period to give ourselves the best chance to get through."

Allardyce is expected to select from: Robinson, Brown, Chimbonda, Salgado, Jacobsen, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Jones, Olsson, Dunn, Emerton, Reid, Nzonzi, Andrews, Pedersen, Hoilett, McCarthy, Roberts, Di Santo, Kalinić.

Tickets for Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final 1st leg at Ewood Park are on open sale right up until the 8.00pm kick-off.

Avoid the queues at the ticket office on the night by ordering online at www.onerovers.co.uk and collect on the night.

Tickets are priced from just £15 for Adults and £5 concessions.