Championship · ENG · Round 30

Blackburn Rovers
2 - 1 Full time
Preston North End

Ewood Park · Blackburn, Lancashire

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers4-2-3-1
AP1Pears
CB2Brittain
DH5Hyam
DB15Batth
OB24Beck
LT27↓82'Travis
JB21Buckley
TD10↓90'Dolan
AW14↓68'Weimann
RH19↓90'Hedges
MG9⚽Gueye
FW1Woodman
JS14↓30'Storey
LG19Gibson
AH16Hughes
KK29Kesler-Hayden
JM3↓63'Meghoma
AM8McCann
RL18↓63'Ledson
SG20↓79'Greenwood
MF10↓79'Frøkjær-Jensen
ER9Jakobsen
Preston North End3-4-1-2

Blackburn Rovers substitutes

8 Todd Cantwell 7.4 ⚽↑68'
11 Joe Rankin-Costello ↑82'
31 Dion Sanderson ↑90'
28 Adam Forshaw ↑90'
12 Balazs Toth
48 Tom Atcheson
46 Isaac Dunn
33 Amario Cozier-Duberry
49 Frank Vare

Coach: John Eustace · Unavailable: Hayden Carter (injury), Sidnei Tavares (injury)

Preston North End substitutes

5 Jack Whatmough 6.0 ↑30'
44 Brad Potts 7.6 ⚽↑63'
22 Stefan Thordarson 7.5 ↑63'
25 Duane Holmes 6.9 ↑79'
12 Ched Evans 6.1 ↑79'
13 David Cornell
6 Liam Lindsay
24 Felipe
28 Milutin Osmajic

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom · Unavailable: Jordan Thompson (injury), Robert Brady (injury), Will Keane (injury)

Match events

30'↑ Jack Whatmough ↓ Jordan Storey⇄
39'Makhtar Gueye assist: Tyrhys Dolan 1 - 0⚽
Second half
63'↑ Stefan Thordarson ↓ Ryan Ledson⇄
63'↑ Brad Potts ↓ Jayden Meghoma⇄
63'John Buckley
68'↑ Todd Cantwell ↓ Andreas Weimann⇄
78'Todd Cantwell (penalty) 2 - 0⚽
79'↑ Duane Holmes ↓ Mads Frøkjær-Jensen⇄
79'↑ Ched Evans ↓ Sam Greenwood⇄
82'↑ Joe Rankin-Costello ↓ Lewis Travis⇄
90'↑ Dion Sanderson ↓ Tyrhys Dolan⇄
90'↑ Adam Forshaw ↓ Ryan Hedges⇄
90+3'Brad Potts assist: Stefan Thordarson 2 - 1⚽
90+9'Alistair McCann

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Friday, 31 January 2025, 20:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Blackburn Rovers wins5Draws9Preston North End wins

18 past meetings on record. Biggest Blackburn Rovers win: Preston North End 4–1 Blackburn Rovers (2018). Biggest Preston North End win: Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Preston North End (2022).

22 Sep 2024Preston North End 0 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
17 Feb 2024Preston North End 2 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
10 Nov 2023Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
22 Apr 2023Preston North End 1 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
10 Dec 2022Blackburn Rovers 1 - 4 Preston North EndChampionship
25 Apr 2022Preston North End 1 - 4 Blackburn RoversChampionship
4 Dec 2021Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
12 Feb 2021Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
24 Nov 2020Preston North End 0 - 3 Blackburn RoversChampionship
11 Jan 2020Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
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26 Oct 2019Preston North End 3 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
9 Mar 2019Blackburn Rovers 0 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
24 Nov 2018Preston North End 4 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
18 Mar 2017Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
10 Dec 2016Preston North End 3 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
2 Apr 2016Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
21 Nov 2015Preston North End 1 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
20 Jul 2010Preston North End 3 - 0 Blackburn RoversClub Friendlies