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Wolves v Blackburn Rovers team news: Armstrong leads the line

Cesar Peixoto and Tony Mowbray have named their teams ahead of tonight's Championship curtain-raiser between Wolves and Blackburn Rovers.

It's the start of a new era at Molineux as Peixoto takes charge of his first league fixture following the surprise dismissal of Rob Edwards earlier this summer.

Edwards had been unable to preserve Wolves' Premier League status as the Old Gold were condemned to relegation with a whimper, but the club will be hoping for an immediate return to the top-flight under the tutelage of Peixoto, who was previously in charge of Gil Vicente.

A run of just two defeats in their final nine fixtures saw Blackburn haul themselves clear of the Championship bottom three.

Michael O'Neill subsequently returned to his Northern Ireland post, which led to the return of Mowbray, who spent five years in charge of the Lancashire outfit from 2017.

Blackburn finished as high as eighth during Mowbray's previous spell, but the 62-year-old faces a tough job to reshape Rovers back into play-off contenders.

Wolves v Blackburn

Wolves make one change from the side that defeated Port Vale 3-0 in the EFL Cup first round as David Moller Wolfe replaces Hugo Bueno at left-back, with the Spaniard sustaining a minor groin issue.

Adam Armstrong leads the line again for Peixoto with summer recruit Raul Jimenez on the bench again.

As for Blackburn, Mowbray makes two changes to his starting XI with Kristi Montgomery stepping in for Jake Garrett, while Andri Gudjohnsen replaces Yuki Ohashi in attack.

Sam Morsy, who was officially unveiled as a Rovers player on Wednesday, is an option from the bench.

Wolves XI

Daniel Bentley; Kieran Trippier, Yerson Mosquera, Toti, David Moller Wolfe; Marshall Munetsi, Andre; Rodrigo Gomes, Fer Lopez, Mateus Mane; Adam Armstrong.

Substitutes: Sa, S. Bueno, Jimenez, Lima, Doyle, Chirewa, Djiga, Tchatchoua, Edozie.

Blackburn Rovers XI

Balazs Toth; Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering; Adam Forshaw, Kristi Montgomery; Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Dapo Afolayan; Andri Gudjohnsen.

Substitutes: Pears, Ribeiro, Carter, Garrett, Tavares, Morsy, Henriksson, Fevrier, Ohashi.

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