Blackburn Rovers FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Blackburn Rovers FC

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Preston North End FC

Sat 10 Dec 2022 · 12:00 UTC Ewood Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Hayden Carter 35' Y

Y 44' Ched Evans

Y 90' Daniel Johnson

Overview

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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 17 games · Avg 2.9 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-12-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–4 Preston North End FC 2022-04-25 Preston North End FC 1–4 Blackburn Rovers FC 2021-12-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC 2021-02-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2020-11-24 Preston North End FC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Dec	Preston North End FC	H	1–4	L
13 Nov	Burnley FC	A	0–3	L
05 Nov	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–0	W
01 Nov	Coventry City FC	A	0–1	L
29 Oct	Hull City AFC	A	1–0	W
22 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	2–1	W

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Dec	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	4–1	W
12 Nov	Millwall FC	H	2–4	L
04 Nov	Reading FC	A	2–1	W
01 Nov	Swansea City AFC	H	1–0	W
29 Oct	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–1	W
22 Oct	Blackpool FC	A	2–4	L

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Preston North End FC
#16	Position	#23
9	Points	4
8	Played	8
2 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 6
12	Scored	8
12	Conceded	15
+0	GD	-7
1.13	PPG	0.50
25%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts). Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Ewood Park will turn into a battlefield for Blackburn Rovers FC and Preston North End FC.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
8' The Blackburn Rovers FC bench stirs into life. Callum Brittain is withdrawn and Clinton Mola gets his opportunity.
13' It looks surprising Preston North End FC does not make any changes. Daniel Johnson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
17' What composure from Ben Woodburn! The Wales international strokes it home. 0-1.
22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
27' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
32' Blackburn Rovers FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Preston North End FC's shape.
35' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Hayden Carter.
40' Preston North End FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Callum Lang scoring 2 goals.
44' The referee calls foul for Ched Evans. He receives a Yellow card.
47' Brilliant from the ! Ched Evans makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 47.
52' Blackburn Rovers FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
55' Brilliant from the ! Bradley Dack makes it 1-2 with a superb finish on 55.
56' Against the run of play, Bradley Dack has scored! This game has turned on its head.
57' Fresh legs for Blackburn Rovers FC! Tyrhys Dolan comes on to replace Samuel Szmodics.
58' Tyrhys Dolan is replacing Samuel Szmodics for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
63' Ched Evans puts Preston North End FC on the lead.
65' Ben Whiteman makes no mistake. The score reads 2-4 and Preston North End FC are in front.
66' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ben Whiteman makes it 2-5.
71' The travelling Preston North End FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
76' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
81' Over 81 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
86' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Ched Evans by Finlay Cross-Adair on 86 minute.
87' Preston North End FC make a change. Ched Evans trudges off to be replaced by Finlay Cross-Adair on 87 minutes.
90' Daniel Johnson picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' The whistle greets Alvaro Fernandez as he departs to be replaced by Jacob Slater.
It finishes all square. Blackburn Rovers FC and Preston North End FC share the spoils 1-4.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Patrick Bauer
25
David Cornell
23
Bambo Diaby
39
Mikey O'Neill ↑ 90'
31
Jacob Slater ↑ 90'
29
Finlay Cross-Adair ↑ 87'
35
Noah Mawene ↑ 90'

Coach Ryan Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Browne	4
Adam Armstrong	3
Samuel Szmodics	3
Tom Barkhuizen	3
Sam Gallagher	3
Ched Evans	2
Bradley Dack	2
Ben Brereton	2

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2022-12-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–4 Preston North End FC L 2022-11-13 Burnley FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-11-05 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2022-11-01 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-10-29 Hull City AFC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-10-22 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC W

Preston North End FC Form

2022-12-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–4 Preston North End FC W 2022-11-12 Preston North End FC 2–4 Millwall FC L 2022-11-04 Reading FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2022-11-01 Preston North End FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W 2022-10-29 Preston North End FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC W 2022-10-22 Blackpool FC 4–2 Preston North End FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.97 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.56 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Preston North End FC 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC44% Draw25% Preston North End FC31%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.53

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Preston North End FC

56%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Preston North End FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC35% Draw40% Preston North End FC25%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.6%

1 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

3 – 0

3.7%

0 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	20%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.