More points have been won by Blackburn Rovers so far, with their 4th spot in the Championship table and hosting Preston North End (who are placed 16th).
- Blackburn Rovers have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Preston North End have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers have scored 23 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Blackburn after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Blackburn, as their goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski has completely shut out the opponents for 236 minutes in the Championship.
A strong away win for Blackburn against Stoke City the last match, as Reda Khadra were on target. Defender Darragh Lenihan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Lenihan hit one key pass and won 13 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that match, Blackburn won a home game hosting Peterborough United (4-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Blackburn have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost three.
Goals decide football matches and Blackburn are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. Blackburn have conceded 16 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Preston North End form and stats
There's been little loot from Preston North End's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Championship. Preston North End only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Preston played 1-1 against Fulham in their previous match. The draw against Fulham came from a losing position. The Preston manager F. McAvoy brought on Ched Evans as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Benjamin Whiteman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Whiteman hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 60 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Middlesbrough at their stadium, the result 2-1.Preston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston North End as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Preston have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Blackburn two wins, two draws and Preston North End six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 16 goals |   E. Riis Jakobsen 8 goals |  S. Gallagher 5 goals |
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| Blackburn Rovers | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 35% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 65% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 30% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 43% | 43% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 12.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
- All of Blackburn Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Preston North End have scored away.
- Blackburn Rovers have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Millwall | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 19 | Hull City | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 21 | Reading | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -21 | 16 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Derby County | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 1 |
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