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Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers
21 Nov 2025, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Paul TierneyChampionship 2025/2026 · 6 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Preston North EndMin
Blackburn Rovers- 45′⚽
Lewis Miller 0-1
Goal · Header
With: Ryan Hedges
Header
- ⚽
Alfie Devine 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Lewis Dobbin
Left foot shot
45+1′ - ⇄
Daniel Jebbison
Substitution
Off: Lewis Dobbin
57′ - ⇄
Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen
Substitution
Off: Stefán Teitur Thórdarson
57′ - 62′⚽
Andri Gudjohnsen 1-2
Goal · Header
With: Ryoya Morishita
Header
- ⇄
Jamal Piaras Lewis
Substitution
Off: Jordan Storey
70′ - 84′⇄
Makhtar Gueye
Substitution
Off: Andri Gudjohnsen
- 85′⇄
Moussa Baradji
Substitution
Off: Ryoya Morishita
- 85′⇄
Axel Henriksson
Substitution
Off: Kristi Montgomery
Ben Whiteman
Yellowcard
Foul
90+3′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6.99 | |
| 70 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.53 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.37 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.78 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 8.05 | |
| 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.18 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 7.05 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 6.93 | |
| 57 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.00 | |
| 33 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.42 | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
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| 33 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.12 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Preston North End
Latest: Swansea City · 2–1
Match stats
5 Nov 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Swansea City · 2025/2026
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Bristol City · 1–0
Match stats
4 Nov 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Bristol City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Preston North End’s ground: 11 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Preston North End’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
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