Dom Hyam reiterated the importance of Blackburn Rovers staying in the Championship but insisted the team must have cool heads building up Saturday's crunch match.

The Blackburn Rovers captain will lead his team out at The King Power Stadium knowing a point against champions Leicester City will secure their safety.

Rovers approach final day with their future in their own hands but have, on paper, the toughest assignment. It will be a party atmosphere for the hosts, who will lift the league trophy at the full-time whistle.

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The travelling Blackburn fans hope to be throwing their own celebrations in the away end, though it will be a feeling of relief rather than jubilation for everyone connected at Ewood Park.

Hyam knows what's on the line, not just for the players but staff and their families too. But he called for calm, urging Rovers not to fear the task in hand.

"You play in your whole life and your career to call on experiences that we've had in games like Saturday," he told RoversTV.

"We will be trying to keep calm, do our job and for people, their families, for jobs. We all know the size of it but now is the time for calm.

"There is no point fearing it. There are worst things going on in the world, dare I say it. We're playing a game of football to try and stay in the league, our job is simple.

"We have got one big game and we will be all together."

He continued: "The gaffer has said that it's in our hands, yes we wanted it done earlier. Now is the time for calm, experience and give 100 per cent.

"We will do that next Saturday. All that matters is staying up. We will have a game plan and how we are going to do it. We must stick together as fans, players and staff to get the result.

"There were positives from the performance, I think only one team were going to win the match. Leicester are a very good team but so are we. We have players that can hurt them on our day.

"We can't ever predict they will be off it. They're now in the Premier League for a reason. We won't take anything for granted or expect anything from them. It is up to us to do our job."

Rovers missed the opportunity to secure their safety against Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City. Wins in either game would've eradicated any final-day nerves.

Against the Sky Blues, Rovers produced a reaction and bombarded the goal with 30 efforts. In the end, it wasn't to be.

"The feeling in the dressing room was frustration," Hyam admitted. "We threatened their goal through set-pieces and open play.

"We didn't get the goal in the end. It wasn't our day, we got a point and that might be an important point in the end.

"We emphasised ensuring we were tight and building from that. We wanted to build on that, we had the better chances.

"I was very conscious at the back of staying switched on. Teams keep going with ten men, they have quality attacking players but limited them to very few chances.

"It was tough not getting the three points but we aren't getting down about it. We know we have one massive game to go and now isn't the time to feel sorry for ourselves.

"We're playing a very good team but stranger things have happened. We need a point and hopefully, we can do that."

On Rovers' win at Leicester in last year's FA Cup, he added: "It's completely different circumstances to the cup but in terms of familiarity, memories, plenty of the lads have been there and won there.

"I'm sure we'll use that as our motivation."