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

Fri 21st Nov, 20:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

the Deepdale masses welcome Blackburn Rovers's supporters on Friday night, as Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End go head to head with Valérien Ismaël's charges in the Championship. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

A tight, highly tactical defensive battle could be in store as Preston and Blackburn go head-to-head, with little to choose between the players in terms of who could claim victory. The stats do not supply any clear conclusion in that regard, but they are pointing strongly towards there being 2 goals or fewer in the match. It's a prediction which is available at best priced odds of 1.60 with the bookies, so we've made under 2.5 goals our tip of the day on this occasion.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Preston are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 41%	11/8 6%	7/5 2%
Draw 29%	11/5	11/5 3%
Blackburn 30%	21/10 5%	21/10 3%
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	19/4
Preston 1-0 13%	6/1 8%	11/2
Blackburn 1-0 11%	7/1 6%	13/2
Draw 0-0 11%	13/2 6%	6/1
Preston 2-1 8%	9/1 5%	15/2
Preston 2-0 8%	10/1 10%	17/2 5%
Blackburn 2-1 7%	11/1	9/1
Blackburn 2-0 5%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	12/1
Preston 3-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Preston 3-0 3%	22/1 10%	18/1
Blackburn 3-1 2%	28/1	20/1
Blackburn 3-0 2%	33/1	22/1
Preston 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Blackburn 3-2 1%	40/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 38%	13/10	5/4
Under 2.5 Goals 62%	8/13	3/5
Home 1st Goal 49%	10/11 4%	10/11 2%
Away 1st Goal 44%	6/5 4%	5/4 2%
No 1st Goal 7%	13/2 6%	6/1 8%
BTTS - Yes 44%	10/11	19/20
BTTS - No 56%	4/5	3/4 3%
BTTS - Home Win 15%	9/2 10%	4/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 11%	6/1 7%	5/1
Home/draw 70%	4/11 2%	4/11
Away/draw 59%	8/15 6%	11/20 1%
Home/away 71%	4/11	7/20 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 65%	4/9 3%	2/5
Under 1.5 Goals 35%	7/4 8%	17/10
Over 3.5 Goals 18%	10/3	16/5 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 82%	2/9	1/5
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	8/1	7/1
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	1/14	1/16
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	18/1	16/1
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/50	1/150
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	1/12	1/12
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	13/2 6%	6/1
Home DNB 61%	4/6 6%	13/20 1%
Away DNB 50%	11/10 7%	11/10 2%
Preston win to nil 26%	11/4 7%	-
Blackburn win to nil 19%	4/1 9%	-
Preston / Preston 21%	3/1 11%	11/4 1%
Preston / Blackburn 3%	33/1	25/1
Preston / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Preston 15%	9/2	17/4 5%
Draw / Blackburn 12%	11/2 7%	11/2
Draw / Draw 18%	7/2 5%	16/5 5%
Blackburn / Preston 3%	28/1	22/1
Blackburn / Blackburn 16%	4/1 9%	19/5
Blackburn / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1 8%

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Preston have outscored their opponents by 20 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 12 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 19th position in the Championship on 16 points having played 14 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 6 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 1 and won 5. Blackburn have conceded 14 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

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	Preston Blackburn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	15	10	4	1	27	34	Dec 9	Mar 11	Apr 18	l 2-0A
2	M'Boro	15	8	5	2	6	29	d 2-2F	Jan 24	Mar 21	Dec 26
3	Stoke	15	8	3	4	11	27	Mar 21	Dec 26	d 1-1A	Apr 11
4	Preston	15	7	5	3	6	26	-	-	Feb 20	Nov 21
5	Hull	15	7	4	4	2	25	Jan 20	d 2-2F	Jan 31	w 0-3F
6	Millwall	15	7	4	4	-3	25	Feb 28	d 1-1F	Dec 20	Mar 14
7	Ipswich	14	6	5	3	10	23	w 1-0F	Jan 31	Sep 20	Jan 17
8	Bristol C	15	6	5	4	4	23	d 0-00-0	Jan 4	Feb 25	w 0-1F
9	Charlton	15	6	5	4	4	23	w 2-0F	Apr 11	Jan 4	l 3-0A
10	Derby	15	6	5	4	1	23	Jan 17	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	Feb 28
11	Birmingham	15	6	3	6	3	21	l 0-1A	Apr 22	l 1-2F	Apr 3
12	Leicester	15	5	6	4	2	21	w 2-1F	Apr 3	May 2	w 0-2F
13	Wrexham	15	5	6	4	1	21	Dec 6	Dec 29	Jan 1	Nov 29
14	West Brom	15	6	3	6	-2	21	Apr 18	l 2-1A	Apr 6	l 1-0A
15	Watford	15	5	5	5	1	20	Feb 14	Nov 25	Jan 24	w 0-1F
16	QPR	15	5	4	6	-6	19	Apr 6	d 1-1A	Nov 26	Feb 14
17	Southampton	15	4	6	5	-3	18	May 2	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 25
18	Swansea	15	4	5	6	-4	17	w 2-1F	Feb 24	l 1-2F	Jan 20
19	Blackburn	14	5	1	8	-5	16	Nov 21	Feb 20	-	-
20	Portsmouth	15	3	5	7	-8	14	Feb 7	l 1-0A	Mar 7	Dec 13
21	Oxford Utd	15	3	4	8	-6	13	Mar 7	Dec 13	Dec 9	Mar 11
22	Sheff Utd	15	3	1	11	-15	10	w 3-2A	Apr 25	l 1-3F	Apr 22
23	Norwich	15	2	3	10	-9	9	Dec 20	Mar 14	l 0-2A	Feb 7
24	Sheff Wed	15	1	5	9	-17	-4	Jan 1	Nov 29	Dec 6	Dec 29

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
Preston	1 - 2	QPR
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 0	Hull

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Preston	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
A	Preston	2 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
A	Preston	1 - 0	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
A	Preston	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
H	Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Preston	1 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
A	Preston	1 - 2	Leeds

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C	0 - 1	Blackburn
Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn
Coventry	2 - 0	Blackburn
Charlton	3 - 0	Blackburn
Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	0 - 3	Blackburn
West Brom	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
Sunderland	0 - 1	Blackburn
Luton	0 - 1	Blackburn
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Blackburn
Stoke	1 - 0	Blackburn
Derby	2 - 1	Blackburn
Swansea	3 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
QPR	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Leeds	1 - 1	Blackburn
Millwall	1 - 0	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
H	Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
A	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Charlton
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Watford
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Blackburn	3 - 0	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Blackburn	4 - 1	Millwall
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Luton
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston have drawn with Blackburn in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Blackburn have not lost to Preston in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Preston

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

9 / 10

Clean sheets

1 / 10

3 / 10

PNE

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
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

Blackburn

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

Clean sheets

1 / 10

PNE

BLB

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

Goal Statistics

	Preston 4th	Blackburn 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+5 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-18 Blackburn have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

21%

better

PNE

BLB

view stats

Games scored	12		10
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	9		7
Goals scored	20		14
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		9
Conversion rate for	16		11
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+21%

20%

better

PNE

BLB

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Games conceded	10		10
Clean sheets	5		4
Conceded first	5		7
Goals conceded	14		19
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		6
Conversion rate against	11%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+20%

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

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	2	6
D Iversen	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	15		1	1 -
T Small DEF	15	3	1	4 -
J Storey DEF	15	1	1	4 -
B Whiteman MID	15		2	4 -
M Smith FWD	15	3		2 -
A Hughes DEF	14			6 -
A Devine MID	14	2	1	1 -
O Offiah DEF	13			2 -
L Gibson DEF	12			-
A Vukcevic DEF	11		1	-
H. Armstrong MID	11		1	3 -
A McCann MID	11			1 -
L Dobbin FWD	11	3	2	-
M Osmajic FWD	11	4		2 -
L Lindsay DEF	9			3 -
S Thórdarson MID	9		1	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	9	2	2	-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	8	1		-
P Valentín DEF	7		1	1 -
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	10	2	4
M Osmajic	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	B Whiteman

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
682	27	98
B Whiteman	B Whiteman	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	682	27	50
A Hughes DEF	571	19	90
L Gibson DEF	550	15	56
J Storey DEF	549	17	98
D Iversen GLK	545		3
A Devine MID	304	24	42
A McCann MID	289	27	49
H. Armstrong MID	273	14	45
T Small DEF	197	16	44
O Offiah DEF	164	21	38
M Smith FWD	160	5	59
L Dobbin FWD	131	5	26
L Lindsay DEF	127	9	41
A Vukcevic DEF	118	7	21
P Valentín DEF	108	19	31
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	92	7	17
M Osmajic FWD	87	5	29
D Jebbison FWD	82	6	33
S Thórdarson MID	67	3	11

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	4	1	5
R Alebiosu	Y Ohashi	R Alebiosu	S Tronstad

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Alebiosu DEF	14	1	1	1 -
R Hedges FWD	14	1	1	2 -
Y Ohashi FWD	14	4	1	-
B Tóth GLK	13			-
L Miller DEF	13		1	1 -
S Tronstad MID	13			5 -
S McLoughlin DEF	12			3 1
M Gueye FWD	11			1 -
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	10			3 -
R Morishita MID	10	1	1	-
D Neve MID	10		1	-
A Gudjohnsen FWD	10	3		1 -
A Kargbo FWD	10	1	1	-
S Wharton DEF	9			1 -
A Henriksson MID	9			2 -
Y Ribeiro DEF	8			-
S Tavares MID	7			1 -
T Cantwell MID	7	3	1	3 -
K. Montgomery MID	6			-
A Forshaw MID	3			-
A Pears GLK	2			-
H Pickering DEF	2			-
H Carter DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	16	1	5
Y Ohashi	Y Ohashi	R Alebiosu	R Alebiosu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Ohashi FWD	4	16	1	2
A Gudjohnsen FWD	3	6
T Cantwell MID	3	8	1	1
R Alebiosu DEF	1	1	1	5
R Hedges FWD	1	3	1	3
R Morishita MID	1	3	1	1
A Kargbo FWD	1	3	1	1
L Miller DEF			1	1
S Tronstad MID		2
M Gueye FWD		2
T Gardner-Hickman DEF		1		1
D Neve MID		1	1	2
S Wharton DEF		3
A Henriksson MID		3		1
Y Ribeiro DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
587	36	84
S Tronstad	R Alebiosu	L Miller

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Tronstad MID	587	32	66
S McLoughlin DEF	534	18	76
R Hedges FWD	390	29	60
L Miller DEF	373	27	84
B Tóth GLK	367	1	4
R Alebiosu DEF	364	36	60
T Cantwell MID	338	13	49
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	305	16	40
S Wharton DEF	298	8	51
Y Ribeiro DEF	253	15	35
Y Ohashi FWD	206	15	75
A Gudjohnsen FWD	178	2	47
S Tavares MID	159	5	13
R Morishita MID	155	12	32
A Henriksson MID	111	8	23
D Neve MID	102	16	27
K. Montgomery MID	91	4	13
A Kargbo FWD	78	7	27
M Gueye FWD	43	2	28
A Pears GLK	38
H Pickering DEF	33		2
A Forshaw MID	31	2	3
H Carter DEF	24	2	5