On Tuesday, Blackburn Rovers will make their way back to Ewood Park with the aspiration of putting an end to their dismal run of form in the Championship and securing their first victory under the leadership of Valerien Ismael, which would come at the seventh attempt.

Despite John Eustace's departure in February, Blackburn Rovers managed to stay within the Championship playoff positions, thanks to a couple of wins during the temporary management of David Lowe. However, Lowe's interim period concluded with a defeat, and Eustace's permanent replacement, Ismael, has thus far been unable to halt the team's decline out of the top six.

In the six games under the new manager, the Rovers have only managed to earn a solitary point, which came from an opening 1-1 draw against Norwich City.

Subsequently, they endured five consecutive defeats leading up to the weekend, and they have only netted two goals throughout those matches.

After returning from the final international break of the season with a 1-0 away loss to Portsmouth at the end of March, they most recently welcomed fellow playoff contenders Middlesbrough to their home ground on Friday. Unfortunately, they once again left the field without any points as Tommy Conway and Samuel Iling-Junior scored within the first 10 minutes, leading to a 2-0 away victory for Middlesbrough.

Having now dropped down to 12th spot and eight points behind the top six with just six games remaining, and with pressure growing on Ismael and the club hierarchy, Blackburn Rovers will be desperate to at least end their season on a high with an improved run starting on Tuesday.

Their visitors make the trip to Lancashire in a similar position, having seen any playoff hopes all but erased on Saturday.

Despite losing five of their previous eight matches before the March international break, culminating in a home loss to rivals Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday did still return to action with the hopes of closing in on the playoff spots having earned 51 points from 38 outings.

Danny Rohl's men would visit strugglers Cardiff City and settle for a disappointing 1-1 draw, which did at least see them move within five points of sixth spot, thanks to Michael Ihiekwe's leveller, before hosting relegation-threatened Hull City on Saturday.

The Owls were unable to bounce back to winning ways in that contest and again came away empty-handed, as Charlie Hughes broke the deadlock and snatched all three points for the visitors deep into injury time.

Now finding themselves in the bottom half and eight points off the top six with quickly increasing concerns of the club's hierarchy, Sheffield Wednesday will also bid to bounce back on Tuesday with a 10th away league win of the season, with only four Championship sides topping their tally of 30 points on the road.

Blackburn Rovers will continue to contend with a long injury list on Tuesday, as Owen Beck, Scott Wharton, Hayden Carter, Callum Brittain, Harry Leonard, Andreas Weimann, Augustus Kargbo and Emmanuel Dennis should all remain sidelined.

Valerien Ismael may opt to make changes from Friday's 2-0 defeat, with Sondre Tronstad hoping to displace John Buckley and rejoin Lewis Travis in the engine room, while Yuki Ohashi and Cauley Woodrow will compete for attacking spots.

Ohashi could get the nod over Makhtar Gueye up front, with Gueye having only scored once in his last eight Championship appearances, while Tyrhys Dolan, Todd Cantwell and Ryan Hedges will hope to continue in support in their 4-2-3-1 setup in the absence of Weimann and Dennis.

Sheffield Wednesday's injury issues have eased in recent weeks, with defenders Di'Shon Bernard and Max Lowe now their only enforced absentees heading into Tuesday's trip.

Akin Famewo was deemed fit to start in his second appearance back after a layoff dating back to October, and he should again get the nod alongside Michael Ihiekwe in the middle of a back four despite competition from Dominic Iorfa, while 19-year-old Pierce Charles has been preferred over James Beadle in the last two outings.

Elsewhere, midfielder Stuart Armstrong has returned to contention but may again have to settle for a substitute appearance behind key men Barry Bannan and Shea Charles, while Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Callum Paterson will compete for attacking places.

Blackburn Rovers possible starting lineup:

Pears; Rankin-Costello, Hyam, Batth, Ribeiro; Tronstad, Travis; Dolan, Cantwell, Hedges; Ohashi

Sheffield Wednesday possible starting lineup:

P Charles; Valentin, Ihiekwe, Famewo, Johnson; S Charles, Bannan; Gassama, Windass, Musaba; Smith