Blackburn vs Preston stats and head-to-head

2024-25. Fri, 31 Jan 2025

BlackburnHome

21Full time, half-time 1–0

PrestonAway

Blackburn won by 1 goal.

WWWWDLeague form, oldest to newestLLLLD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Ewood Park. Photo: Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Blackburn have 15 scored home results and Preston 14 scored away results stored in 2024-25. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Blackburn at home: 1.73 points per match (15 measured matches); Preston away: 0.86 points per match (14 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Blackburn scored 1.33 per home match (15 measured matches); Preston scored 1.00 away (14). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.24 per club appearance across 696 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 29 pooled club appearances (41.4%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Blackburn: 3 wins; Preston: 3 wins; draws: 4.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10

Second half11

The match in numbers

BlackburnPreston

13Shots11
2Shots on target2
7Corners4
13Fouls6
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Blackburn

Shots13
On target2
Goals2

15% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Preston

Shots11
On target2
Goals1

18% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Blackburn wins

Draws

Preston wins

Goals / meeting

2.80

28 goals in 10 meetings

Both scored

70%

7 of 10 meetings

Over 1.5

80%

8 of 10 meetings

Over 2.5

60%

6 of 10 meetings

Over 3.5

30%

3 of 10 meetings

Blackburn clean sheets

30%

3 of 10 meetings

Preston clean sheets

10%

1 of 10 meetings

Corners / meeting

7.40

10 with corner data

Cards / meeting

3.40

10 with card data

Preston v BlackburnSun, 22 Sept 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-250–0HT 0–0
Preston v BlackburnSat, 17 Feb 2024 · EFL Championship 2023-242–2HT 2–2
Blackburn v PrestonFri, 10 Nov 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-241–2HT 0–1
Preston v BlackburnSat, 22 Apr 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-231–1HT 0–0
Blackburn v PrestonSat, 10 Dec 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-231–4HT 0–1
Preston v BlackburnMon, 25 Apr 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-221–4HT 1–3
Blackburn v PrestonSat, 4 Dec 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-221–0HT 0–0
Blackburn v PrestonFri, 12 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-211–2HT 1–2
Preston v BlackburnTue, 24 Nov 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-210–3HT 0–1
Blackburn v PrestonSat, 11 Jan 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 1–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Blackburn at homeWLLLWW

Sat, 10 Octv Cardiff2–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Millwall3–1C 6–2 · Y 5–3
Tue, 8 Septv Sheffield United1–2C 7–3 · Y 1–2
Sat, 29 Augv QPR1–2C 3–3 · Y 3–2
Tue, 25 Augv Sheffield United1–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 22 Augv Middlesbrough2–1C 2–10 · Y 4–1

Preston awayLWLLLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 29 Aug@ Charlton0–1C 4–7 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Aug@ Bolton1–2C 2–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Sheffield United3–2C 5–10 · Y 3–0
Wed, 22 Apr@ Birmingham1–2C 3–3 · Y 2–0

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Blackburn at home, Preston away

52%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
91%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
23 + 23 matches
78%
Over 1.5 goals
League 71%
23 + 23 matches
50%
Over 2.5 goals
League 44%
23 + 23 matches
22%
Over 3.5 goals
League 22%
23 + 23 matches
7%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.45
23 + 23 matches
65%
1st half over 0.5
League 67%
23 + 23 matches
30%
1st half over 1.5
League 30%
23 + 23 matches
9.8
Corners per match
League 10.19
23 + 23 matches
67%
Corners over 8.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
57%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
46%
Corners over 10.5
League 43%
23 + 23 matches
3.7
Cards per match
League 3.82
23 + 23 matches
50%
Cards over 3.5
League 54%
23 + 23 matches
33%
Cards over 4.5
League 34%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2024-25

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2024-25

Home and away Overall

Blackburn at home, Preston away

Blackburn (home)		Preston (away)
7	Position	20
LLDWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	DLLLD
23	Played	23
1.74	Points per match	0.74
52%	Win %	13%
1.48	Scored / match	0.96
1.00	Conceded / match	1.61
2.48	Avg total goals	2.57
39%	Both scored	65%
35%	Clean sheets	22%
30%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

BlackburnPreston

0.521st half scored / match0.48
0.391st half conceded / match0.65
0.962nd half scored / match0.48
0.612nd half conceded / match0.96
35%Leading at half-time30%
61%1st half over 0.570%
26%1st half over 1.535%
78%2nd half over 0.574%
52%2nd half over 1.557%
26%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Blackburn at home, Preston away, this season.

Goals

BlackburnPreston

1.48Scored / match0.96
1.00Conceded / match1.61
2.48Match total / match2.57
70%Scored 1+74%
52%Scored 2+17%
65%Conceded 1+78%
35%Conceded 2+57%
78%Match over 1.578%
44%Match over 2.557%
17%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

BlackburnPreston

12.48Shots for9.52
10.70Shots against13.43
4.13On target for3.17
3.57On target against4.22
12%Shot conversion10%

Corners

BlackburnPreston

5.52Corners for3.61
4.57Corners against5.91
10.09Match total9.52
87%Over 7.570%
74%Over 8.561%
65%Over 9.548%
48%Over 10.544%
30%Over 11.517%

Cards

BlackburnPreston

1.57Cards for2.57
2.00Cards against1.35
3.57Match total3.91
65%Over 2.574%
44%Over 3.557%
22%Over 4.544%
17%Over 5.517%
12.04Fouls committed13.04

Referee this season

J Smith

Matches

Cards / match

4.20

20 matches

Over 3.5 cards

70%

20 matches

Over 4.5 cards

40%

20 matches

Fouls / match

21.50

20 matches

The table, 2024-25

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
5	Coventry	46	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	4	68
7	Blackburn	46	5	66
8	Millwall	46	-2	66
9	West Brom	46	10	64
18	Stoke	46	-17	51
19	Derby	46	-8	50
20	Preston	46	-11	50
21	Hull	46	-10	49
22	Luton	46	-24	49

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