Will Buckley is injury-hit Brighton's latest casualty after tweaking his hamstring at Doncaster last Saturday.
The winger is added to an injury list which includes Andrea Orlandi, Will Hoskins, Kazenga LuaLua, Liam Bridcutt, Craig Mackail-Smith and Kemy Agustien.
Blackburn's longest-serving player David Dunn is in line for his first appearance since August.Watch Brighton V Blackburn Live, Watch Brighton V Blackburn Live Stream, Watch Brighton V Blackburn Free Live Stream, Watch Brighton V Blackburn Online, Watch Brighton V Blackburn Online Free, Brighton V Blackburn Live, Brighton V Blackburn live stream Online.
The Rovers skipper has recovered from a knee operation while defender Grant Hanley has completed a three-match ban.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• There's only one win between these clubs after 30 league and cup clashes over half a century; Brighton have won 10, Blackburn 11.
• Both last season's meetings in the Championship were 1-1 draws, and three of those goals came from the penalty spot.
• If they avoid their first defeat to the Seagulls in 22 years, Blackburn will take their unbeaten sequence against them to five.
Brighton & Hove Albion
• The south coast side have picked up five points out of nine, and are chasing only their second back-to-back league wins of the season.
• The Seagulls have lost three games from winning positions, the most by any team in the division. They are the only club to have been involved in as many as three goalless drawsin this Championship campaign.
Blackburn Rovers
• Rovers are three places and one point better off than Brighton in the upper-mid table, and looking to complete back-to-back victories for the third time this term.
• The trip to the Amex Stadium is also their 800th away fixture in second level league football.
• Only one of Blackburn's five wins has been against a fellow top-half club (Watford), and their only maximum away from home was in September, against Bournemouth.