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Blackburn Rovers
FT
1–0
HT 0–0
Preston North End
Championship Fri 20 Feb, 20:00London Ewood Park, Blackburn Anthony Backhouse 19,792 attendance

Timeline

  1. 40' Hayden Carter Yellow Card
  2. 58' Jamal Lewis for Andrija Vukcevic
  3. 58' Thierry Small for Pol Valentín
  4. 68' Yuki Ohashi for Andri Gudjohnsen
  5. 69' Callum Lang for Lewis Dobbin
  6. 69' Daniel Jebbison for Milutin Osmajic
  7. 70' Callum Lang Yellow Card
  8. 73' Odeluga Offiah for Andrew Hughes
  9. 84' Kristi Montgomery for Moussa Baradji
  10. 84' Oladapo Afolayan for Harry Pickering
  11. 90'+1' Eiran Cashin Yellow Card
  12. 90'+5' Yuki Ohashi assist Eiran Cashin
  13. 90'+7' Thierry Small Yellow Card

Match stats

44.2% Possession 55.8%
13 Shots 3
3 On target 2
8 Fouls 10
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 0
2 Saves 2
268 Accurate passes 368

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers 5-3-2
22 Toth
3 Pickering 20 Cashin 15 McLoughlin 17 Carter 2 Alebiousu
25 Morishita 6 Tronstad 24 Baradji
11 Gudjohnsen 29 Jørgensen
Preston North End 5-3-2
13 Cornell
3 Vukcevic 16 Hughes 19 Gibson 14 Storey 2 Valentín
21 Devine 4 Whiteman 8 McCann
17 Dobbin 28 Osmajic
Blackburn Rovers 5-3-2
  1. 22 Balazs Toth G
  2. 15 Sean McLoughlin CD
  3. 20 Eiran Cashin CD-L
  4. 17 Hayden Carter CD-R
  5. 3 Harry Pickering ▼ LB
  6. 2 Ryan Alebiousu RB
  7. 6 Sondre Tronstad CM
  8. 25 Ryoya Morishita CM-L
  9. 24 Moussa Baradji ▼ CM-R
  10. 11 Andri Gudjohnsen ▼ CF-L
  11. 29 Mathias Jørgensen CF-R

Came on

  1. 21 Oladapo Afolayan ▲ SUB
  2. 31 Kristi Montgomery ▲ SUB
  3. 23 Yuki Ohashi ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 28 Adam Forshaw SUB
  2. 26 Connor O'Riordan SUB
  3. 4 Yuri Ribeiro SUB
  4. 35 Nicholas Michalski SUB
  5. 14 Dion De Neve SUB
  6. 38 Tom Atcheson SUB
Preston North End 5-3-2
  1. 13 David Cornell G
  2. 19 Lewis Gibson CD
  3. 16 Andrew Hughes ▼ CD-L
  4. 14 Jordan Storey CD-R
  5. 3 Andrija Vukcevic ▼ LB
  6. 2 Pol Valentín ▼ RB
  7. 4 Benjamin Whiteman CM
  8. 21 Alfie Devine CM-L
  9. 8 Alistair McCann CM-R
  10. 17 Lewis Dobbin ▼ CF-L
  11. 28 Milutin Osmajic ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 42 Odeluga Offiah ▲ SUB
  2. 26 Thierry Small ▲ SUB
  3. 9 Daniel Jebbison ▲ SUB
  4. 18 Jamal Lewis ▲ SUB
  5. 10 Callum Lang ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 23 Andy Moran SUB
  2. 15 Jordan Thompson SUB
  3. 24 Michael Smith SUB
  4. 12 Jack Walton SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Preston North End 0.
  2. 90'+7' Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Preston North End 0.
  3. 90'+7' Thierry Small (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 90'+7' Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+7' Foul by Thierry Small (Preston North End).
  6. 90'+5' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Preston North End 0. Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eiran Cashin with a cross.
  7. 90'+3' Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 90'+3' Foul by Jamal Lewis (Preston North End).
  9. 90'+1' Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+1' Thierry Small (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  11. 90'+1' Foul by Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers).
  12. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
78 earlier entries
  1. 90' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  2. 89' Delay in match because of an injury David Cornell (Preston North End).
  3. 87' Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
  4. 87' Attempt blocked. Kristi Montgomery (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  5. 85' Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Oladapo Afolayan is caught offside.
  6. 84' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Oladapo Afolayan replaces Harry Pickering.
  7. 84' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kristi Montgomery replaces Moussa Baradji because of an injury.
  8. 80' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  9. 79' Delay in match (Preston North End).
  10. 79' Attempt saved. Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by David Cornell (Preston North End). Assisted by Ryoya Morishita with a cross.
  11. 79' Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Lewis Gibson.
  12. 76' Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  13. 76' Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End).
  14. 75' Thierry Small (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  15. 75' Foul by Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers).
  16. 74' Attempt missed. Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mathias Jørgensen with a cross following a fast break.
  17. 73' Substitution, Preston North End. Odeluga Offiah replaces Andrew Hughes.
  18. 70' Callum Lang (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 70' Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  20. 70' Foul by Thierry Small (Preston North End).
  21. 69' Substitution, Preston North End. Daniel Jebbison replaces Milutin Osmajic.
  22. 69' Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Lang replaces Lewis Dobbin.
  23. 68' Attempt missed. Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ryoya Morishita.
  24. 68' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yuki Ohashi replaces Andri Gudjohnsen.
  25. 67' Attempt saved. Mathias Jørgensen (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by David Cornell (Preston North End). Assisted by Moussa Baradji.
  26. 64' Jamal Lewis (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  27. 64' Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
  28. 62' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Hayden Carter.
  29. 61' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Eiran Cashin.
  30. 61' Attempt blocked. Thierry Small (Preston North End) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Dobbin.
  31. 58' Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Pol Valentín.
  32. 58' Substitution, Preston North End. Jamal Lewis replaces Andrija Vukcevic because of an injury.
  33. 52' Attempt missed. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  34. 51' Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  35. 51' Foul by Andrija Vukcevic (Preston North End).
  36. 47' Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  37. 47' Foul by Andrija Vukcevic (Preston North End).
  38. 45' Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 0, Preston North End 0.
  39. 45'+2' First Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 0, Preston North End 0.
  40. 45'+1' Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  41. 45'+1' Foul by Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers).
  42. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  43. 42' Attempt blocked. Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Baradji.
  44. 40' Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  45. 40' Attempt saved. Alfie Devine (Preston North End) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Balázs Tóth (Blackburn Rovers). Assisted by Lewis Dobbin.
  46. 39' Attempt blocked. Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andri Gudjohnsen.
  47. 36' Attempt missed. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  48. 35' Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Alfie Devine.
  49. 34' Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 34' Foul by Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers).
  51. 33' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  52. 32' Delay in match (Preston North End).
  53. 30' Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen is caught offside.
  54. 29' Attempt missed. Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eiran Cashin with a cross.
  55. 28' Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  56. 28' Foul by Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End).
  57. 24' Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  58. 24' Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
  59. 22' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  60. 22' Delay in match (Preston North End).
  61. 19' Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  62. 19' Foul by Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers).
  63. 17' Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  64. 17' Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
  65. 15' Attempt blocked. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Baradji.
  66. 14' Attempt blocked. Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hayden Carter.
  67. 14' Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Lewis Dobbin.
  68. 11' Foul by Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers).
  69. 11' Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 10' Attempt saved. Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Balázs Tóth (Blackburn Rovers). Assisted by Andrija Vukcevic.
  71. 8' Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Pol Valentín.
  72. 6' Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  73. 6' Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
  74. 4' Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  75. 4' Foul by Pol Valentín (Preston North End).
  76. 2' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Ryan Alebiosu.
  77. First Half begins.
  78. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Blackburn Rovers W L W L D

  • D Watford 1-1 EFL Championship
  • L Hull City 1-0 EFL Championship
  • W Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Norwich City 2-0 EFL Championship
  • W at Queens Park Rangers 3-1 EFL Championship

Preston North End D W D L L

  • L Hull City 3-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Middlesbrough 4-0 EFL Championship
  • D at Ipswich Town 1-1 EFL Championship
  • W Portsmouth 1-0 EFL Championship
  • D Watford 2-2 EFL Championship

Head to head

BLK leads series 2-1-2

  • 21 Nov 2025 Preston North End 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 31 Jan 2025 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Preston North End 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 22 Sep 2024 Preston North End 0–0 Blackburn Rovers 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 17 Feb 2024 Preston North End 2–2 Blackburn Rovers 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 10 Nov 2023 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Preston North End 2023-24 English League Championship

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