Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.
It's no vacation for neither Preston nor Blackburn Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Preston North End form and stats
With 1 Championship win, 0 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Preston North End are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Preston supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sheffield Wednesday in Championship and win 1-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rotherham United (1-2).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Preston North End have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost seven.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Preston as they are travelling to their away game against Watford in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The lack of attacking qualities in Preston means that they have only scored 2 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Preston North End's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (22) in Championship, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
Blackburn has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Luton Town for a Championship game that ended a draw (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Queens Park Rangers.
The draw against Luton Town came from a losing position. The Blackburn Rovers manager T. Mowbray brought on Sam Gallagher as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Blackburn Rovers, two draws and eleven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barnsley in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Blackburn are regular goalscorers on their travels. Blackburn struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Preston North End-Blackburn Rovers H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Preston five wins, Blackburn Rovers one win, two draws. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 11 goals |   S. Sinclair 5 goals |  B. Johnson 3 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Preston North End | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | 59 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 110 | 185 |
| 49 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 42 | 79 |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 28% |
- All of Blackburn Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (22) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Preston North End have scored home.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Watford | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Brentford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 21 | Coventry City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 9 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 24 | Derby County | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -12 | 6 |
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