‘He’s back’: Previously injured Blackburn star spotted traveling with team ahead of Chelsea clash

Blackburn Rovers will have captain Lewis Travis fit for their tough trip to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup this evening after he came through training and travelled with the team to London yesterday.

The Championship side will hope to cause an upset to a Chelsea side still only recovering from from their surprise home defeat to Brentford over the weekend.

Jon Dahl Tomasson will be without top scorer Sam Szmodics, who has been left at home after a knock in the last game. Szmodics is the club’s top scorer this season with 24 goals already in the Championship.

Tomasson first confirmed the fitness boost before admitting that losing their top scorer for such a tough game is a big miss for them. He is quoted by the Lancashire Telegraph: “Trav is back, he’ll be starting as well. I am very pleased to have him back and he’s in a good mood. He’s looking forward to the game and starting.

“Szmodics will not be involved. It’s disappointing but he’s played a lot of games, he’s our top scorer, but hopefully, he will be ready for the weekend.

“Dom Hyam misses out of course, Gallagher, Hedges, Pears, Barnes are all still out. Semir Telalovic played for the under-21s last night to get minutes in his legs, so he will not be playing as well. Hopefully, Sammie will be ok but let’s wait and see.”

Chelsesea have had a rought start to the league campaign, having won only three of their first 10 league games, with four defeats and three draws, Any slip in tonight’s game and the knives will out for the manager Mauricio Pochettino.