Championship duel: Close contest expected between Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

6-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Blackburn Rovers so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Blackburn Rovers.

Blackburn Rovers lost their last game at Birmingham City (placed 18th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Nottingham Forest in the Championship.

This is expected to be a close game, with Blackburn Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackburn Rovers as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Blackburn Rovers has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.

The Blackburn Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Blackburn Rovers have conceded only 11 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

There's been little loot from Preston North End's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Preston North End only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Preston North End, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Preston North End aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 248 league minutes without a goal. A. Browne was the last player to find the net.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Norwich City with 2-4 on the scoreboard. A loss against Middlesbrough was the result prior to that, in a Championship home game.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Preston North End, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Preston North End, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Preston North End in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers 3-2 entered in the official records. Blackburn Rovers-Preston North End H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers 1 win, Preston North End 5 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
9 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
8 goals
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
6 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 5 12 26
10 6 1 Won W 0 2 11
6 5 1 Drew D 2 4 6
10 2 0 Lost L 3 6 9
34 16 1 Scored S 1 7 36
34 11 0 Conceded C 8 15 32
92% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
73% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 73%
50% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 17% 42%
23% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 27%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
62% 54% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 50%
31% 46% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 19%
15% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 80% 50% 35%
 
5.4 6.4 9 Corners For (avg) C F 4.4 4.5 5.2
4.9 4.2 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.6 5.2 5.3
1.5 1.4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
256 155 23 Total Shots T S 53 131 299
83 47 5 Shots on Target S O 15 40 99
41% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 18% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Preston North End have scored away.
  • Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (7) away
  • Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Swansea City 26 11 8 7 32 30 14 6 3 5 17 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 2 41
7 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
9 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
10 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 26 8 9 9 26 34 14 7 5 2 18 11 12 1 4 7 8 23 -8 33
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 26 7 7 12 34 37 13 5 3 5 18 16 13 2 4 7 16 21 -3 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 26 4 9 13 33 49 13 3 6 4 22 25 13 1 3 9 11 24 -16 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Swansea City 26 11 8 7 32 30 14 6 3 5 17 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 2 41
7 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
8 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
9 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
10 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 26 8 9 9 26 34 14 7 5 2 18 11 12 1 4 7 8 23 -8 33
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 26 7 7 12 34 37 13 5 3 5 18 16 13 2 4 7 16 21 -3 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 26 4 9 13 33 49 13 3 6 4 22 25 13 1 3 9 11 24 -16 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.