Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 10 November 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 10 November 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 10 November 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Sammie Szmodics (49'). Preston North End scored through Alan Browne (35') and Liam Lindsay (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 22 points from 15 and Preston North End 6th on 25 points from 15. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), level with A. Moran (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 90'Goal · Liam LindsayPreston North End · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 2, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, Lewis Travis, James Hill, Scott Wharton, Callum Brittain, Adam Wharton, Sondre Tronstad, Arnór Sigurdsson, Sammie Szmodics, A. Moran, Tyrhys Dolan

Preston North End line-up (3-4-2-1)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Kian Best, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Liam Millar, Duane Holmes, Will Keane, Milutin Osmajic