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

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2019

Result

Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End won against Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 October 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.

Preston North End's goals came from Tom Barkhuizen (53'), Daniel Johnson (65', penalty) and Tom Barkhuizen (82'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Declan Rudd (1') and Sam Gallagher (11').

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 22 points from 13 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 15 points from 13. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Barkhuizen of Preston North End (8.8), ahead of Alan Browne (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Own goal · Declan RuddBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 53'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-2
  • 65'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 2-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · B. DackBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Joe Rafferty, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen

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

Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Tosin Adarabioyo, Derrick Williams, Amari'i Bell, Josef Dvornik, Adam Armstrong, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Dack, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher