The hosting team, Blackburn Rovers, should be front runners in this fixture, but Preston North End have proven both skill and courage. Read more about the match!
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 10 Championship games here at Ewood Park for Blackburn Rovers. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Blackburn Rovers has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Ewood Park. We remember; it was Bristol City.
The followers are hoping that Blackburn will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Burnley (placed 1st). Hyam, defender, was given a rating of 7.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Hyam won 6 of 8 duels.
In the game before, 2-2 away to West Ham United (after extra-time, 9-10 on penalties) (Carabao Cup). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn Rovers handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It should be added that a peek at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Blackburn have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 17 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Blackburn Rovers have conceded only 7 goals.
Preston North End form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Preston North End playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Preston North End in their previous game as they lost hosting Millwall, 2-4. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. An off the wall fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Preston North End, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as gleeful? The attacker Evans got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Evans scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Reading with the score of 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 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Preston North End have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Preston as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Blackburn Rovers victories, two draws and five Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 9 goals |   E. Riis Jakobsen 5 goals |  S. Gallagher 3 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 62% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 29% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 14% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 14% |
| 24% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 52% |
| 38% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 11.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.6 | 11 |
| 3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 44% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 29% | 23% |
| 12.1 | 10.3 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.9 | 13 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | Watford | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Millwall | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Reading | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Hull City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
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