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

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 31 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers won against Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 31 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Makhtar Gueye opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Makhtar Gueye (39') and Brad Potts (78'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 42 points from 29 and Preston North End 15th on 37 points from 29. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Makhtar Gueye of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Danny Batth (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Preston North End.