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Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 20th Feb, 20:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Preston North End are away on Friday night, as manager Paul Heckingbottom takes his side to visit Blackburn Rovers and Valérien Ismaël at the Ewood Park in the Championship. We've analysed both sides' last 20 Championship matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 33%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Preston 39%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Preston 1-0 12%	-	-
Blackburn 1-0 11%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Preston 2-1 8%	-	-
Blackburn 2-1 7%	-	-
Preston 2-0 7%	-	-
Blackburn 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Preston 3-0 3%	-	-
Blackburn 3-1 3%	-	-
Blackburn 3-0 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Blackburn 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	-	-
BTTS - No 53%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 14%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 61%	-	-
Away/draw 67%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 53%	-	-
Away DNB 58%	-	-
Blackburn win to nil 20%	-	-
Preston win to nil 23%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 6 and won 7. Blackburn have conceded 36 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackburn have played 16 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 9th place on 44 points in the Championship league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 15 away games, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackburn Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	30	17	7	6	28	58	Apr 18	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	Mar 11
2	M'Boro	30	17	7	6	18	58	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	l 4-0A
3	Hull	30	16	6	8	8	54	l 0-1A	w 0-3F	l 0-3A	d 2-2F
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	21	51	Sep 20	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	1	50	w 2-0F	Mar 14	Feb 28	d 1-1F
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	7	47	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
7	Derby	30	12	9	9	7	45	l 1-2A	Feb 28	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
8	Watford	30	11	11	8	4	44	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	Feb 14	d 1-1F
9	Preston	30	11	11	8	3	44	Feb 20	w 1-2F	-	-
10	Bristol C	30	12	7	11	4	43	Feb 24	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
11	QPR	30	12	7	11	-1	43	l 0-1A	Feb 14	Apr 6	d 1-1A
12	Stoke	30	12	6	12	6	42	d 1-1A	Apr 11	Mar 21	d 0-00-0
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	3	42	l 1-2F	Apr 3	l 0-1A	Apr 22
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	2	40	w 2-1A	Apr 25	May 2	w 0-2F
15	Sheff Utd	30	12	3	15	0	39	l 1-3F	Apr 22	w 3-2A	Apr 25
16	Swansea	30	11	6	13	-3	39	l 1-2F	l 3-1A	w 2-1F	Feb 24
17	Charlton	29	9	8	12	-9	35	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 11
18	Norwich	30	9	6	15	-5	33	l 0-2A	Feb 7	d 1-1A	Mar 14
19	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	-10	33	Mar 7	l 2-1F	Feb 7	l 1-0A
20	Leicester	30	10	8	12	-5	32	May 2	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	Apr 3
21	Blackburn	30	8	8	14	-11	32	-	-	l 1-2A	Feb 20
22	West Brom	30	9	5	16	-15	32	Apr 6	l 1-0A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
23	Oxford Utd	30	6	9	15	-13	27	d 1-1A	Mar 11	Mar 7	w 1-2F
24	Sheff Wed	30	1	8	21	-40	-7	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	w 2-3A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR
Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea
Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
Blackburn	4 - 1	Millwall
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Swansea
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Ipswich
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR
A	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	4 - 0	Preston
Bristol C	0 - 2	Preston
Wrexham	2 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
Hull	2 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston
Derby	2 - 0	Preston
Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Preston	0 - 3	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Preston	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 1	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	2 - 0	Southampton
H	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

Clean sheets

1 / 10

BLB

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Preston
	1 - 4	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Preston
Blackburn	3 - 2

Preston

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

10 / 11

Clean sheets

1 / 11

3 / 11

BLB

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
	1 - 2	Blackburn
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 4	Blackburn
	0 - 3	Blackburn
Preston	3 - 2
Preston	4 - 1
Preston	3 - 2
	1 - 2	Blackburn
	0 - 1	Blackburn

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Blackburn Rovers of late. It has been 5 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Friday night against Preston North End.

	Blackburn 19th	Preston 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-12 Blackburn have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted	+9 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

better

BLB

PNE

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

BLB

PNE

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Blackburn v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	7	3	8
S McLoughlin	A Gudjohnsen	R Morishita	S Tronstad

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Ohashi FWD	30	6	1	3 -
S McLoughlin DEF	28			6 1
L Miller DEF	27	2	2	3 -
S Tronstad MID	25			8 -
R Alebiosu DEF	23	1	2	2 -
R Hedges FWD	22	1	2	3 -
R Morishita MID	21	1	3	1 -
D Neve MID	21		1	-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	20			7 -
T Cantwell MID	19	4	3	8 -
A Gudjohnsen FWD	19	7		1 -
B Tóth GLK	18			-
A Henriksson MID	18			2 -
M. Baradji MID	16	2		2 -
M Gueye FWD	16			1 -
A Pears GLK	13			1 -
Y Ribeiro DEF	11			-
S Tavares MID	11		1	2 -
K. Montgomery MID	10			-
A Forshaw MID	10			2 -
A Kargbo FWD	10	1	1	-
S Wharton DEF	9			1 -
H Pickering DEF	7			-
H Carter DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	25	3	7
A Gudjohnsen	Y Ohashi	R Morishita	R Alebiosu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Gudjohnsen FWD	7	13		1
Y Ohashi FWD	6	25	1	2
T Cantwell MID	4	12	3	3
L Miller DEF	2	3	2	1
M. Baradji MID	2	5		1
R Alebiosu DEF	1	2	2	7
R Hedges FWD	1	3	2	5
R Morishita MID	1	6	3	6
A Kargbo FWD	1	3	1	1
S McLoughlin DEF		2		1
S Tronstad MID		4
D Neve MID		1	1	3
T Gardner-Hickman DEF		2		2
A Henriksson MID		4		1
M Gueye FWD		2
Y Ribeiro DEF				1
S Tavares MID			1	1
A Forshaw MID		1
S Wharton DEF		3
H Pickering DEF		1
H Carter DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1307	62	203
S McLoughlin	S Tronstad	S McLoughlin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S McLoughlin DEF	1307	44	203
S Tronstad MID	1226	62	132
T Cantwell MID	896	33	106
L Miller DEF	857	52	166
R Hedges FWD	596	43	96
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	549	28	69
R Alebiosu DEF	536	46	79
Y Ohashi FWD	518	33	155
B Tóth GLK	501	2	7
R Morishita MID	444	17	57
A Pears GLK	364		4
A Gudjohnsen FWD	335	4	86
M. Baradji MID	323	25	70
Y Ribeiro DEF	322	18	47
S Wharton DEF	297	8	53
S Tavares MID	238	8	24
D Neve MID	212	28	40
A Forshaw MID	210	9	19
A Henriksson MID	190	13	45
K. Montgomery MID	156	9	25
H Pickering DEF	93	1	11
A Kargbo FWD	78	7	27
M Gueye FWD	60	2	40
H Carter DEF	53	2	6

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	6	5	8
J Storey	L Dobbin	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Small DEF	29	3	2	4 -
J Storey DEF	29	2	2	6 1
A Devine MID	29	5	2	3 -
B Whiteman MID	29	1	3	8 -
O Offiah DEF	28			4 -
M Smith FWD	28	3	1	2 -
D Iversen GLK	26		1	1 -
A Hughes DEF	24			8 -
L Dobbin FWD	23	6	5	1 -
D Jebbison FWD	23	5	2	2 -
P Valentín DEF	21		2	2 -
A McCann MID	20	1	1	3 -
L Lindsay DEF	18			4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	18	2		-
H. Armstrong MID	17	1	1	3 -
L Gibson DEF	16	1		-
A Vukcevic DEF	15		1	-
S Thórdarson MID	15		1	3 -
M Osmajic FWD	15	5		3 1
J Thompson MID	11		2	3 -
B Potts DEF	5		1	-
J Walton GLK	3			-
W Keane FWD	2	1		-
D Cornell GLK	1			-
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	16	5	7
L Dobbin	T Small	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Dobbin FWD	6	13	5	2
A Devine MID	5	14	2	6
D Jebbison FWD	5	10	2	2
M Osmajic FWD	5	12		1
T Small DEF	3	16	2	3
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3
B Whiteman MID	1	7	3	7
A McCann MID	1	4	1	2
H. Armstrong MID	1	2	1	1
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
W Keane FWD	1	1
D Iversen GLK			1	1
A Hughes DEF		3		1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
A Vukcevic DEF			1	1
S Thórdarson MID		2	1	2
J Thompson MID		2	2	1
B Potts DEF		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1337	66	201
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1337	54	100
J Storey DEF	1042	37	201
A Hughes DEF	985	38	142
D Iversen GLK	891		9
A Devine MID	780	38	81
L Gibson DEF	737	19	73
O Offiah DEF	595	66	125
A McCann MID	464	56	90
H. Armstrong MID	426	19	67
L Lindsay DEF	410	16	81
T Small DEF	338	27	68
P Valentín DEF	327	48	90
M Smith FWD	299	13	117
L Dobbin FWD	283	12	48
J Thompson MID	225	5	26
D Jebbison FWD	194	16	82
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	182	11	30
S Thórdarson MID	163	4	18
M Osmajic FWD	129	8	40
A Vukcevic DEF	123	8	23
J Walton GLK	72
B Potts DEF	60	3	15
D Cornell GLK	35		2
W Keane FWD	5		1