Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes accepts a place in the Intertoto Cup is their most realistic chance of being involved in Europe next season.

"We are still fighting to get that European place outright and if we can get results in the next two games we have three matches (Portsmouth, Derby and Birmingham) which we want to get maximum points from," said Hughes.

"Where we stand at the moment, if we don't pick up any more points we won't qualify. We need more points on the board and that means we need to win Premier League games - if it happens at the weekend we don't mind.

"We have a couple of games coming up which the players will need no motivation for and we approach them with no apprehension. We are looking to realise our ambitions and there is a lot riding on the next couple of games for us.

"We are still in the mix so until it is mathematically impossible to achieve a UEFA Cup place outright we will keep going. If we are honest with ourselves the realistic opportunity for us will be in the Intertoto but we will keep going.

"If we get three wins and get to 60 points we would have had a real go at it and will not be a million miles away from the targets we set ourselves at the beginning of the season."