Did you know? Blackburn Rovers v Wolves
Blackburn welcome Premier League side Wolves to Ewood Park in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday lunchtime (12:30 GMT).Rovers won the competition in 1928 and last reached a final in 1960, which they lost against this weekend's opponents. They have made it to the semi-final twice since then - in 2005 and 2007.This will be the first meeting between Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup since the 1960 final, which Wolves won 3-0; that is the most recent final of the competition either side reached.Wolverhampton Wanderers have won four of their past five away games against Blackburn Rovers (D1), since losing 3-0 in the Premier League in December 2010.Blackburn have progressed from each of their past six FA Cup fourth round ties, reaching at least the fifth round in each of the past two seasons. They last lost at this stage of the competition in 2010-11 (1-3 v Aston Villa).Wolves are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1993-94/1994-95. They've also won their past two away games in the competition, last winning three consecutively between March 1998 and December 1999.Andreas Weimann netted Blackburn's winner in the third round against Middlesbrough, his first FA Cup goal since January 2017 (for Wolves against Liverpool). All four of his goals in the competition have either come in the third round (2) or fourth round (2).
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