CHRIS Samba starts in the heart of Blackburn Rovers' defence this afternoon for the friendly against Morecambe.

Following Rovers' 2-1 win against Accrington Stanley, manager Steve Kean has named a strong side for today's second game at the Globe Arena.

Argetine play maker Mauro Formica starts, with Jason Roberts and Nick Blackman in attack.

Summer signing Myles Anderson makes his Rovers debut in defence.

ROVERS: Bunn, Salgado, Anderson, Samba, Gunning, Nzonzi, Emerton, Dunn, Formica, Blackman, Roberts

SUBS: Ramm, Keane, Pearson, Edwards, Henley, Evans, Cotton, Aley, Osawe, Maclaren, Raheem Hanley

MORECAMBE: Barry Roche, Chris McReady, Laurence Wilson, Stewart Drummond, Nick Fenton, Will Haining, Izak Reid, Garry Hunter, Lewis Alessandra, Phil Jevons, Danny Carlton

SUBS: Shaun Routledge, Kieran Charnock, Niall Cowperthwaite, Andrew Fleming, Dan Parkinson, Sean Breen, Joe McGee, Joe Culshaw