Yakubu Ayegbeni and Mikel Obi are up against each other as Chelsea face Blackburn at Ewood Park on Saturday looking to arrest a worrying run of results for the west London outfit.Yakubu joined Blackburn at the beginning of the current season and has scored three goals in six matche; two of them against Arsenal in his sides 4-3 win at Ewood Park. His other goals was scored in League Cup match.The Blues appear to be stumbling after back-to-back losses in the league to Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers were followed by an uninspiring 1-1 draw in the Champions League to Belgian club Racing Genk on Tuesday.David Luizs missed penalty and stutter-step approach in Belgium seemed indicative of Chelseas recent form, a run of results manager Andre Villas-Boas will want to stem in a hurry.Frank Lampard and Juan Mata were used as substitutes midweek and should be restored to the starting line-up for the Blackburn match with Chelseas place in the top four under threat.Didier Drogba is having screws removed from his arm from a previous operation but is ineligible for Rovers visit because of suspension.Blackburns 3-3 draw at Norwich last Saturday proved difficult to take for under-fire manager Steve Kean.Rovers looked certain to pick up three crucial points before Bradley Johnsons deflected shot and Grant Holts controversial stoppage-time penalty stole a point for the Canaries.Kean remained bullish during the week and insisted the performance at Norwich proved his side are very tight as a group, denying the club is scared of relegation.The players arent scared. But sometimes, with a young team, we might just need to see out the matches a bit better, Kean said.Kean has been under pressure all season and, with Blackburn winless in five Premier League matches and still sitting in the relegation zone, a loss to Chelsea would throw their season into further disarray.
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