Blackburn Rovers FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2026/27)
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Anthony Backhouse
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Feb Preston North End FC H 1–0 W 14 Feb Queens Park Rangers FC A 3–1 W 07 Feb Norwich City FC A 0–2 L 03 Feb Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–0 W 31 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–1 L 24 Jan Watford FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Feb Blackburn Rovers FC A 0–1 L 14 Feb Watford FC H 2–2 D 07 Feb Portsmouth FC H 1–0 W 31 Jan Ipswich Town FC A 1–1 D 24 Jan Middlesbrough FC A 0–4 L 20 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–3 L Season Stats
Blackburn Rovers FC Preston North End FC #20 Position #14 52 Points 60 46 Played 46 13 / 13 / 20 W / D / L 15 / 15 / 16 42 Scored 55 56 Conceded 62 -14 GD -7 1.13 PPG 1.30 28% Win % 33% Key Stats
69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyBlackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Blackburn Rovers FC and Preston North End FC.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Preston North End FC.
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Lineups
Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alan Browne 4 Sam Gallagher 3 Adam Armstrong 3 Samuel Szmodics 3 Tom Barkhuizen 3 Daniel Johnson 2 John Buckley 2 Ben Whiteman 2 Head to Head
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2026-02-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC W 2026-02-14 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-02-07 Norwich City FC 2–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-02-03 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2026-01-31 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Hull City AFC L 2026-01-24 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Watford FC DPreston North End FC Form
2026-02-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–2 Watford FC D 2026-02-07 Preston North End FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC W 2026-01-31 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2026-01-24 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-01-20 Preston North End FC 0–3 Hull City AFC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.23 Blackburn Rovers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.8 Preston North End FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Blackburn Rovers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.03Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 79%Draw or Preston North End FC 50%Blackburn Rovers FC or Preston North End FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 15.4%1 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13.8%2 – 0 9.5%0 – 1 9.2%2 – 1 7.8%1 – 2 5%0 – 2 4%3 – 0 3.8%3 – 1 3.3%2 – 2 3.3%3 – 2 1.4%Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC
Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 24% 55% -0.5 45% — 55% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet 45% ✗Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.