Preston North End FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Tue 24 Nov 2020 · 19:45 UTC Deepdale Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Alan Browne 22' Y

Y 36' Tom Trybull

Joe Rafferty 44' R

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Preston North End FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Deepdale Stadium.

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

Match Details

Referee Jarred Gillett
Referee Shaun Hudson
Referee Rob Merchant
Referee Tony Harrington

4 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 8.5 goals/game

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-11-24 Preston North End FC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2020-01-11 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Preston North End FC 2019-10-26 Preston North End FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2019-03-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Preston North End FC 2018-11-24 Preston North End FC 4–1 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–3	L
21 Nov	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	1–0	W
07 Nov	Rotherham United FC	A	1–2	L
04 Nov	Reading FC	A	3–0	W
31 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	1–2	L
28 Oct	Millwall FC	H	0–2	L

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Nov	Preston North End FC	A	3–0	W
21 Nov	Luton Town FC	A	1–1	D
07 Nov	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	3–1	W
03 Nov	Middlesbrough FC	H	0–0	D
31 Oct	Swansea City AFC	A	0–2	L
27 Oct	Reading FC	H	2–4	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Deepdale Stadium. Preston North End FC are looking to make home advantage count against Blackburn Rovers FC.
5' A quiet spell here at Deepdale Stadium. Preston North End FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Preston North End FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Blackburn Rovers FC's shape.
15' Blackburn Rovers FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' Blackburn Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
22' Alan Browne catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 22.
27' Preston North End FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
32' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Preston North End FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
36' A moment of madness from Tom Trybull on 36 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Blackburn Rovers FC will be frustrated.
41' Preston North End FC is showing some good football. However, Preston North End FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
44' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a Red card on 44.
45' Adam Armstrong doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' Preston North End FC ring the changes. Scott Sinclair has done his job and it is now time for Brad Potts to step up.
51' Tom Barkhuizen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
53' Ben Brereton does the damage! The net is bulging and Blackburn Rovers FC surge ahead!
58' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
60' Another change for Blackburn Rovers FC made on 60 minute. Tom Trybull leaves to be changed by Jacob Davenport.
61' Harvey Elliot is replacing Joe Rothwell for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
66' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
68' The whistle greets Lewis Holtby as he departs to be replaced by Stewart Downing.
73' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
76' Tyrhys Dolan does the damage! The net is bulging and Blackburn Rovers FC surge ahead!
79' A change in the Preston North End FC ranks — Darnell Fisher exits the field as Jordan Storey enters on 79.
80' Sean Maguire is replacing Emil Riis Jakobsen for the Preston North End FC side.
81' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Harvey Elliot is replaced by John Buckley.
82' Preston North End FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jayden Stockley is hanging Daniel Johnson on the field on 82 minute.
87' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Blackburn Rovers FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

18
Ryan Ledson
11
Daniel Johnson ↓ Jayden Stockley 82'
2
Darnell Fisher ↓ Jordan Storey 79'
29
Tom Barkhuizen
23
Paul Huntington
8
Alan Browne C
1
Declan Rudd
5
Patrick Bauer
15
Joe Rafferty
31
Scott Sinclair ↓ Brad Potts 46'
19
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↓ Sean Maguire 80'

Bench

Coach Alex Neil

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Mowbray

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
Callum Lang	2

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2020-11-24 Preston North End FC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2020-11-21 Preston North End FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2020-11-07 Rotherham United FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2020-11-04 Reading FC 0–3 Preston North End FC W 2020-10-31 Preston North End FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC L 2020-10-28 Preston North End FC 0–2 Millwall FC L

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2020-11-24 Preston North End FC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2020-11-21 Luton Town FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2020-11-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2020-11-03 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Middlesbrough FC D 2020-10-31 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2020-10-27 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–4 Reading FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.16 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.74 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Blackburn Rovers FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC29% Draw27% Blackburn Rovers FC44%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

56%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

71%

Preston North End FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC20% Draw44% Blackburn Rovers FC36%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

8.7%

0 – 2

8.2%

0 – 0

7.3%

2 – 1

6.2%

1 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 3

5.4%

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	22%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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