Tony Mowbray expects to face a wounded animal when his on-the-rise Blackburn Rovers face second-place Swansea City on Saturday, 31 October (15:00 GMT).

Swansea host a Blackburn, who have won four of their last six games, on the back of two defeats, including a heavy 5-0 drubbing by QPR last weekend.

The scoreline at Loftus Road - the biggest margin of defeat under Vitor Matos - left Mowbray surprised.

Even so, the veteran Championship boss remains mindful of the challenge Swansea pose, having lost just three home league games since December 2025.

Asked whether he expects Swansea to be a "wounded animal", Mowbray said: "Yeah, it was really surprising to me.

"Having watched them this week, they are a really good team. They play with one six and two eights, but they are not as structured as some teams.

"That sometimes means a bit of chaos that you can't coach against. They all press and run really hard.

"It will be a day of concentration for us. Hopefully we can go there and almost have a free hit and test ourselves.

It's not by accident that Swansea have been the top one or two teams all season. "They have a pretty expensively put together football team.

"Elijah Just (pictured above) was a player we looked at pretty hard. It's a great challenge for us this week. Hopefully we can give them problems."