Preston North End manager A. Neil looking for three points in Blackburn Rovers showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Blackburn Rovers can look both up and down from their 14th position.

It's no vacation for neither Preston North End 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.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship, are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Deepdale. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Leeds United in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Preston North End lost 0-1 at Reading's place.

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 Preston North End have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Preston North End are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 games). 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.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blackburn Rovers so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Blackburn Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

Blackburn Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Birmingham City (placed 11th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Huddersfield Town.

We have checked recent matches where Blackburn Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W0-D1-L4.

Blackburn Rovers have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Preston North End 4 wins, 1 draw and Blackburn Rovers 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
7 goals / 4 assists
Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
5 goals / 1 assists
Preston North EndT. Barkhuizen
T. Barkhuizen
3 goals / 1 assists

Preston North End missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Preston North End Blackburn Rovers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
6 5 1 Won W 0 2 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 6
24 19 5 Scored S 4 7 15
14 7 3 Conceded C 7 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
46% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
31% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 23%
23% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 15%
62% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 54%
23% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
4.5 4.9 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 4.8 6.5
6.1 6.3 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 4.5 3.9
1.4 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Preston North End's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Preston North End have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.
  • Preston North End have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Preston North End
28-09-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 3 Bristol City
01-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Preston North End
05-10-19 CH Preston North End 5 - 1 Barnsley
19-10-19 CH Reading 1 - 0 Preston North End
22-10-19 CH Preston North End 1 - 1 Leeds United
26-10-19 CH Preston North End 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
03-11-19 CH Charlton Athletic 13:00 Preston North End
09-11-19 CH Preston North End 16:00 Huddersfield Town
23-11-19 CH Derby County 16:00 Preston North End
27-11-19 CH Hull City 20:45 Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers
28-09-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Luton Town
01-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
05-10-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 4 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
19-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town
22-10-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
26-10-19 CH Preston North End 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
02-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
09-11-19 CH Leeds United 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
23-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Barnsley
27-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 20:45 Brentford

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 13 7 5 1 24 15 6 3 3 0 15 10 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 26
2 Leeds United 13 7 3 3 17 8 6 3 2 1 5 3 7 4 1 2 12 5 9 24
3 Sheffield Wednesday 13 7 2 4 18 10 6 4 1 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 23
4 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 23 23 7 3 2 2 14 13 6 4 0 2 9 10 0 23
5 Preston North End 13 6 4 3 24 14 7 5 2 0 19 7 6 1 2 3 5 7 10 22
6 Nottingham Forest 12 6 4 2 16 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 22
7 Swansea City 13 6 4 3 17 13 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 22
8 Charlton Athletic 12 6 3 3 18 12 7 4 1 2 10 5 5 2 2 1 8 7 6 21
9 Bristol City 12 5 5 2 18 16 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 3 3 1 12 11 2 20
10 Fulham 12 5 4 3 20 12 6 3 2 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 19
11 Birmingham City 13 6 1 6 12 15 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 2 0 5 4 11 -3 19
12 Brentford 13 5 3 5 15 11 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 0 4 7 6 4 18
13 Cardiff City 13 4 6 3 19 19 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 0 4 3 9 15 0 18
14 Blackburn Rovers 13 4 3 6 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 15
15 Derby County 12 3 6 3 15 18 6 2 3 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 7 12 -3 15
16 Millwall 13 3 6 4 14 19 6 3 2 1 8 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -5 15
17 Luton Town 12 4 2 6 18 20 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 2 0 4 8 10 -2 14
18 Wigan Athletic 12 4 2 6 10 16 6 4 1 1 7 4 6 0 1 5 3 12 -6 14
19 Hull City 12 3 4 5 16 19 7 2 2 3 10 12 5 1 2 2 6 7 -3 13
20 Reading 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 0 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 8 -5 12
21 Middlesbrough 12 2 4 6 11 17 7 2 2 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 6 9 -6 10
22 Huddersfield Town 12 2 3 7 14 20 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 1 2 3 8 11 -6 9
23 Stoke City 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 1 5 8 13 6 1 1 4 5 10 -10 8
24 Barnsley 13 1 5 7 11 25 7 1 3 3 8 13 6 0 2 4 3 12 -14 8