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

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Sat 22 Apr 2023 · 16:30 UTC Deepdale HT 45' · FT 45'

Daniel Johnson 59' Y

Y 60' Samuel Szmodics

Y 85' Joe Rankin-Costello

Overview

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

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-22 Preston North End FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 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

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–1	D
19 Apr	Swansea City AFC	A	2–4	L
15 Apr	Millwall FC	A	0–2	L
10 Apr	Reading FC	H	2–1	W
07 Apr	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	2–0	W
01 Apr	Blackpool FC	H	3–1	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	Preston North End FC	A	1–1	D
19 Apr	Coventry City FC	H	1–1	D
15 Apr	Hull City AFC	H	0–0	D
10 Apr	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	2–2	D
07 Apr	Norwich City FC	H	0–2	L
01 Apr	Birmingham City FC	A	0–1	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' Welcome to Deepdale that hosts another battle between Preston North End FC and Blackburn Rovers FC.
5' Blackburn Rovers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
10' The 23-year-old Alvaro Carreras has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jon Dahl Tomasson will be considering his options from the bench.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Preston North End FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
25' Ben Brereton is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Preston North End FC so far.
30' It looks like no one’s ball. Preston North End FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
40' Preston North End FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
45' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
46' The Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes a substitution. Sorba Thomas departs to be replaced by Ryan Hedges.
51' 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.
56' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
59' The referee has no hesitation. Daniel Johnson is booked for Preston North End FC — Yellow card on 59.
60' The referee calls foul for Samuel Szmodics. He receives a Yellow card.
65' A quiet spell here at Deepdale. Blackburn Rovers FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
70' Daniel Johnson makes way for Alistair McCann at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Preston North End FC.
75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
76' Preston North End FC make a change. Patrick Bauer trudges off to be replaced by Ben Woodburn on 76 minutes.
80' A goal from the Ireland international Samuel Szmodics! He fires home on 80 to make it 0-1!
83' Preston North End FC ring the changes. Josh Onomah has done his job and it is now time for Liam Delap to step up.
85' Joe Rankin-Costello is having his name booked by the referee on 85.
89' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Tyler Morton by Callum Brittain on 89 minute.
90' Scott Wharton gets the nod from Blackburn Rovers FC. He replaces Samuel Szmodics and will look to change the dynamic.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Callum Brittain ↑ 89'
19
Ryan Hedges ↑ 46'
23
Bradley Dack
22
Ben Brereton ↑ 46'
16
Scott Wharton ↑ 90'
1
Thomas Kaminski
30
Jake Garrett

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Browne	4
Samuel Szmodics	3
Tom Barkhuizen	3
Sam Gallagher	3
Adam Armstrong	3
Ben Brereton	2
Liam Lindsay	2
Daniel Johnson	2

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2023-04-22 Preston North End FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2023-04-19 Swansea City AFC 4–2 Preston North End FC L 2023-04-15 Millwall FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2023-04-10 Preston North End FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2023-04-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-04-01 Preston North End FC 3–1 Blackpool FC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2023-04-22 Preston North End FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2023-04-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-04-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Hull City AFC D 2023-04-10 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2023-04-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L 2023-04-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.4 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Blackburn Rovers FC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC38% Draw26% Blackburn Rovers FC36%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

64%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

62%

Preston North End FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC25% Draw44% Blackburn Rovers FC31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.5%

2 – 1

7.6%

0 – 1

7.2%

0 – 0

6.8%

0 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 1

3.5%

0 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	17%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	20%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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