Preston North End 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 November 2018

Result

Preston North End 4-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 24 November 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Preston North End · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Preston North End 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End won against Blackburn Rovers 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Tom Barkhuizen opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Tom Barkhuizen (2'), Callum Robinson (10'), Louis Moult (74') and Alan Browne (85'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (48').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 19th on 18 points from 17 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 26 points from 17. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (9.2), ahead of L. Moult (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · Louis MoultPreston North End · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 4-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Josh Earl, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Tom Barkhuizen, Alan Browne, Callum Robinson, Lukas Nmecha

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

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Harrison Reed, Richard Smallwood, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Dack, Kasey Palmer, Adam Armstrong