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Preston vs Blackburn

Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 5

Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 5

Preston

Full time

Blackburn

Deepdale, PrestonCapacity 23,408

Timeline

  1. Kick-off
  2. 9'1-0Goal. C. Lang (D. Burgzorg)Normal GoalTeam: Preston
  3. 25'Yellow card. Yuri RibeiroYellow Card · FoulTeam: Blackburn
  4. 27'2-0Goal. C. Lang (J. Thompson)Normal GoalTeam: Preston
  5. 40'Yellow card. Sam MorsyYellow Card · FoulTeam: Blackburn
  6. 42'Yellow card. D. BurgzorgYellow Card · Time WastingTeam: Preston
  7. 2-0Half time
  8. Second half
  9. 51'2-1Own goal. S. MillsOwn GoalTeam: Blackburn
  10. 52'Yellow card. S. MillsYellow Card · FoulTeam: Preston
  11. 59'Substitution. C. Wiley replaced by A. VukčevićSubstitution 1Team: Preston
  12. 59'Substitution. C. LangSubstitution 2Team: Preston
  13. 59'Substitution. D. Burgzorg replaced by J. ErabiSubstitution 3Team: Preston
  14. 64'Substitution. O. Afolayan replaced by J. FevrierSubstitution 1Team: Blackburn
  15. 64'Substitution. A. Forshaw replaced by H. CarterSubstitution 2Team: Blackburn
  16. 65'Yellow card. H. ClarkeYellow Card · ArgumentTeam: Preston
  17. 69'Substitution. S. Mills replaced by O. OffiahSubstitution 4Team: Preston
  18. 74'Substitution. Sam MorsySubstitution 3Team: Blackburn
  19. 74'Substitution. A. Devine replaced by L. GibbsSubstitution 5Team: Preston
  20. 89'Yellow card. J. ThompsonYellow Card · Time WastingTeam: Preston
  21. 2-1Full time

Line-ups

Preston

Formation 3-4-1-2

D. Iversen7.3
H. Clarke6.3
J. Storey6.8
L. Gibson6.7
A. Devine6.2
C. Wiley6.9
J. Thompson7.0
S. Mills6.0
L. Leroy6.3
C. Lang8.7
D. Burgzorg7.1

Blackburn

Formation 4-2-3-1

A. Pears5.9
R. Alebiosu6.2
Yuri Ribeiro5.7
S. McLoughlin6.4
A. Forshaw6.4
Sam Morsy6.0
T. Cantwell5.8
O. Afolayan6.1
R. Morishita5.0
Kristi Montgomery6.7
A. Guðjohnsen6.8

Preston

3-4-1-2

Substitutes

  • 3A. Vukčević
  • 6L. Lindsay
  • 9J. Erabi
  • 11T. Small
  • 20L. Gibbs
  • 21L. Nicholls
  • 23A. Moran
  • 24O. Offiah

Coach: P. Heckingbottom

Blackburn

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

  • 11J. Fevrier
  • 17H. Carter
  • 30J. Garrett
  • 37Felix Goddard
  • 47L. Houghton
  • 53F. Vare

Coach: Tony Mowbray

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Match statistics

PrestonBlackburn
33%
Possession
67%
8
Shots
12
3
Shots on target
5
3
Shots off target
5
2
Shots blocked
2
5
Shots inside the box
6
3
Shots outside the box
6
5
Saves
1
3
Corners
11
1
Offsides
5
11
Fouls
8
3
Yellow cards
2
243
Passes
514
160
Accurate passes
420

Championship

Championship
TeamPGDPts
1Swansea8+717
2West Ham8+1115
3Middlesbrough8+415
4Southampton8+914
5Wolves7+514
6West Brom8+214
7QPR8+313
8Stoke City8+113
9Bristol City8-113
10Charlton8-312
11Birmingham8+111
12Millwall8011
13Lincoln8-111
14Wrexham8-310
15Bolton8-410
16Blackburn809
17Norwich8-19
18Sheffield Utd8-29
19Portsmouth7-18
20Watford8-38
21Cardiff8-27
22Derby8-75
23Preston8-74
24Burnley8-84

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Preston
2
Drawn
3
Blackburn
5

The record over the 10 meetings listed below.

  • BlackburnPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBlackburnFTChampionship
  • BlackburnPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBlackburnFTChampionship
  • PrestonBlackburnFTChampionship
  • BlackburnPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBlackburnFTChampionship
  • BlackburnPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBlackburnFTChampionship
  • BlackburnPrestonFTChampionship

Preston beat Blackburn 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.