Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 10 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Preston North End · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 10 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Daniel Johnson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Daniel Johnson (18'), Daniel Johnson (31', penalty) and Callum Robinson (80'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (22') and Danny Graham (70').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 26 points from 19 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 20 points from 19. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bailey Wright of Preston North End (7.8), level with Danny Graham (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 0 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 22'Missed penalty · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers
  • 22'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 31'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Tom ClarkePreston North End
  • 60'Yellow card · Ben MarshallBlackburn Rovers
  • 70'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Marnick Vermijl, Daniel Johnson, Ben Pearson, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill, Simon Makienok

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

Jason Steele, Ben Marshall, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Danny Graham, Sam Gallagher