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

Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · Deepdale, Preston · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Deepdale. The half-time score was 2-0.

Callum Lang opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Callum Lang (9') and Callum Lang (27'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Stanley Mills (51').

Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 24th on 0 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 5 points from 4. In the current table Preston North End are 24th on 5 points and Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Lang of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Jordan Thompson (7.3).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Callum LangPreston North End · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Yuri RibeiroBlackburn Rovers
  • 27'Goal · Callum LangPreston North End · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Sam MorsyBlackburn Rovers
  • 42'Yellow card · Delano BurgzorgPreston North End
  • 51'Own goal · Stanley MillsBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Stanley MillsPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow card · Harry ClarkePreston North End
  • 88'Yellow card · Jordan ThompsonPreston North End

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL
24Preston North End1412111230-185LLDLL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Harry Clarke, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Caleb Wiley, Stanley Mills, Léo Leroy, Jordan Thompson, Alfie Devine, Callum Lang, Delano Burgzorg

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

Aynsley Pears, Kristi Montgomery, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, Sam Morsy, Oladapo Afolayan, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Andri Gudjohnsen

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