BLACKBURN Rovers have sold 16,400 tickets to home fans for their eagerly awaited FA Cup quarter-final replay with Liverpool on Wednesday, April 8 (7.45pm).

And with Liverpool already having sold out their 7,200 allocation, it means just 4,200 tickets remain on sale to Rovers supporters with a database booking history for the big Ewood Park clash.

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Tickets cost £30 for adults, £22.50 for over 65s, £15 for 17-21-year-olds, and £5 for under 16s.

They will stay on sale until 2pm on the day of the all-ticket game.

The Darwen End will be allocated for away fans. In addition Block E04 in the Riverside Stand, W01 in the Jack Walker Stand (lower tier) and rows 1-9 of W07 in the Jack Walker Stand (upper tier) will be closed.

Liverpool, meanwhile, will be without defender Martin Skrtel for the replay after he failed in his bid to overturn a three-match ban for standing on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.

The centre-back appealed to an independent panel on the basis his action in Sunday’s Anfield clash was accidental and not intentional.

However the panel rejected Skrtel’s submission and ruled the charge of violent conduct proven.

The 30-year-old will serve an immediate suspension, meaning he will miss Liverpool’s Premier League games against Arsenal and Newcastle United either side of the trip to Rovers.

Skrtel was charged on the basis of video evidence after referee Martin Atkinson missed the incident in the last seconds of the 2-1 defeat to United.

A three-man panel of former elite officials reviewed the footage independently of each other and unanimously agreed the offence warranted a red card.

Before the FA confirmed the punishment Skrtel had posted a photo on his Instagram page of a group of clowns although the only accompanying caption was ‘...’.

Liverpool will also be without captain Steven Gerrard through suspension against Rovers after he was sent-off against United for stamping on Anders Herrera less than a minute after coming on as a half-time substitute.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Kevin Friend will referee the Ewood replay.