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| Minute | Preston North EndHome | Blackburn RoversAway |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Goal | |
| 27 | Goal | |
| 51 | Goal |
| Match stats | Preston North EndHome | Blackburn RoversAway |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 33% | 67% |
| Shots on target | 3 | 5 |
| Shots off target | 3 | 5 |
| Corners | 3 | 11 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Dangerous attacks | 32 | 34 |
The result as recorded when the match ended. Scorers are named only when every goal has a named scorer, none was an own goal and each scorer is on that side's team sheet.
The starting elevens as the match record lists them, with shirt numbers and positions; (c) is the captain.
Players our data provider listed as unavailable for this match, with the reason it gave.
Newest first, competitive matches settled in normal time. Our records begin in January 2024 and do not hold every match, so a meeting can be missing.
| Preston North EndHome | Blackburn RoversAway | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minute | For | Against | For | Against |
| 1-15 | ||||
| 16-30 | ||||
| 31-45+ | ||||
| 46-60 | ||||
| 61-75 | ||||
| 76-90+ | ||||
| Total | 10 | 23 | 12 | 14 |
| Matches | 10 | 10 | ||
Blackburn Rovers scored most in 46-60 (5 of 12) and conceded most in 76-90+ (4 of 14). Goals by the minute they were scored, from the last 10 competitive matches in our records that finished in normal time. Stoppage time counts in the band it extends, so a goal in the 45+2nd minute sits in 31-45+. A match whose minute record does not add up to the score is left out, and the matches row shows how many were used.
| Preston North EndHome | Blackburn RoversAway | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 10 | 10 |
| Won, drawn, lost | 2-0-8 | 3-3-4 |
| Goals per match | ||
| Scored | 1.00 | 1.20 |
| Conceded | 2.30 | 1.40 |
| How often | ||
| Clean sheet | 0 of 10 | 1 of 10 |
| Failed to score | 3 of 10 | 3 of 10 |
| Both teams scored | 7 of 10 | 7 of 10 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 8 of 10 | 7 of 10 |
| Corners and cards per match | ||
| Corners won | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| Corners conceded | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| Yellow cards | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Red cards, total | 0 | 1 |
| With full stats | 10 | 10 |
| At this venue | At home | Away |
| Matches | 10 | 10 |
| Won, drawn, lost | 1-2-7 | 4-3-3 |
| Scored | 1.00 | 1.20 |
| Conceded | 2.40 | 1.30 |
Preston North End: 10 matches from 11 Apr 2026 to 1 Sep 2026. Blackburn Rovers: 10 matches from 11 Apr 2026 to 1 Sep 2026. Competitive matches in our records, settled in normal time; friendlies are left out and our records do not hold every match. Corners and cards come only from matches with a full stats record, and a column with fewer than 5 matches shows a dash. A pattern describes the past, not this match.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Wolves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| · · · | ||||||||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| · · · | ||||||||
| 23 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
Preston North End host Blackburn Rovers in the English Football League Championship on 5 Sep 2026. Blackburn Rovers sit 9 places above Preston North End in the table, the hosts 23rd and the visitors 14th.
Preston North End have played 5 league games this season, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 4 - 0.60 points per game. They have scored 5 and conceded 10. Blackburn Rovers have taken 5 points from 5 at 1.00 per game.
Every call InPlayWise publishes is recorded when it is made and settled against the official result. Across all competitions that record stands at 19,859 settled in-play calls at 73.0%. A strike rate is not a profit, and we say so on every page that carries one.
