Preston vs Blackburn stats and head-to-head

2021-22. Mon, 25 Apr 2022

PrestonHome

14Full time, half-time 1–3

BlackburnAway

Blackburn won by 3 goals.

DLLWWLeague form, oldest to newestLLWLW

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

Deepdale. Photo: Hudson6dogs, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Preston have 21 scored home results and Blackburn 21 scored away results stored in 2021-22. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Preston at home: 1.62 points per match (21 measured matches); Blackburn away: 1.05 points per match (21 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Preston scored 1.33 per home match (21 measured matches); Blackburn scored 0.81 away (21). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.24 per club appearance across 1044 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 24 of 42 pooled club appearances (57.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Preston: 4 wins; Blackburn: 2 wins; draws: 1.

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 half13

Second half01

The match in numbers

PrestonBlackburn

11Shots12
3Shots on target6
4Corners6
16Fouls9
2Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Preston

Shots11
On target3
Goals1

27% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Blackburn

Shots12
On target6
Goals4

50% of shots on target, 67% 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.

7 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.

Preston wins

Draws

Blackburn wins

Goals / meeting

2.86

20 goals in 7 meetings

Both scored

57%

4 of 7 meetings

Over 1.5

71%

5 of 7 meetings

Over 2.5

57%

4 of 7 meetings

Over 3.5

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Preston clean sheets

14%

1 of 7 meetings

Blackburn clean sheets

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Corners / meeting

8.43

7 with corner data

Cards / meeting

2.86

7 with card data

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
Preston v BlackburnSat, 26 Oct 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-203–2HT 0–2
Blackburn v PrestonSat, 9 Mar 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-190–1HT 0–1
Preston v BlackburnSat, 24 Nov 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-194–1HT 2–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Preston at homeLLLWLL

Sat, 10 Octv Millwall0–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Lincoln0–1C 16–3 · Y 1–1
Sat, 5 Septv Blackburn2–1C 3–11 · Y 4–2
Tue, 1 Septv Bristol City1–3C 5–2 · Y 2–0
Wed, 26 Augv Everton0–4C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 22 Augv Wolves1–3C 5–4 · Y 4–1

Blackburn awayWWDDLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ Portsmouth2–2C 7–9 · Y 1–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ Preston1–2C 11–3 · Y 2–4
Tue, 1 Sept@ Lincoln0–0C 7–5 · Y 5–1
Fri, 14 Aug@ Wolves2–2C 5–5 · Y 3–1
Sat, 8 Aug@ Burton2–1C ––– · Y –––
Wed, 22 Apr@ Sheffield United3–1C 4–2 · Y 4–2

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

Preston at home, Blackburn away

61%
Both teams scored
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
87%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
23 + 23 matches
70%
Over 1.5 goals
League 72%
23 + 23 matches
44%
Over 2.5 goals
League 47%
23 + 23 matches
22%
Over 3.5 goals
League 24%
23 + 23 matches
13%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
23 + 23 matches
2.3
Avg total goals
League 2.51
23 + 23 matches
67%
1st half over 0.5
League 65%
23 + 23 matches
35%
1st half over 1.5
League 27%
23 + 23 matches
9.7
Corners per match
League 9.75
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 63%
23 + 23 matches
52%
Corners over 9.5
League 52%
23 + 23 matches
39%
Corners over 10.5
League 39%
23 + 23 matches
4.0
Cards per match
League 3.77
23 + 23 matches
57%
Cards over 3.5
League 52%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Cards over 4.5
League 34%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2021-22

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, 2021-22

Home and away Overall

Preston at home, Blackburn away

Preston (home)		Blackburn (away)
13	Position	8
WWDLW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LDLWW
23	Played	23
1.61	Points per match	1.22
39%	Win %	30%
1.43	Scored / match	1.00
1.22	Conceded / match	1.04
2.65	Avg total goals	2.04
74%	Both scored	48%
26%	Clean sheets	26%
13%	Failed to score	39%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

PrestonBlackburn

0.701st half scored / match0.43
0.651st half conceded / match0.48
0.742nd half scored / match0.57
0.572nd half conceded / match0.57
35%Leading at half-time22%
78%1st half over 0.557%
44%1st half over 1.526%
61%2nd half over 0.570%
44%2nd half over 1.522%
13%Scored in both halves9%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Preston at home, Blackburn away, this season.

Goals

PrestonBlackburn

1.43Scored / match1.00
1.22Conceded / match1.04
2.65Match total / match2.04
87%Scored 1+61%
44%Scored 2+30%
74%Conceded 1+74%
26%Conceded 2+26%
78%Match over 1.561%
52%Match over 2.535%
30%Match over 3.513%

Shots and xG

PrestonBlackburn

13.30Shots for9.83
11.96Shots against11.43
4.57On target for3.39
3.91On target against4.43
11%Shot conversion10%

Corners

PrestonBlackburn

5.04Corners for4.52
5.00Corners against4.91
10.04Match total9.43
70%Over 7.574%
65%Over 8.565%
52%Over 9.552%
48%Over 10.530%
44%Over 11.522%

Cards

PrestonBlackburn

1.78Cards for2.57
1.65Cards against1.96
3.43Match total4.52
61%Over 2.583%
48%Over 3.565%
30%Over 4.552%
13%Over 5.526%
11.91Fouls committed11.52

Referee this season

J Simpson

Matches

Cards / match

3.22

27 matches

Over 3.5 cards

48%

27 matches

Over 4.5 cards

37%

27 matches

Fouls / match

22.15

27 matches

The table, 2021-22

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
6	Luton	46	8	75
7	Middlesbrough	46	9	70
8	Blackburn	46	9	69
9	Millwall	46	8	69
10	West Brom	46	7	67
11	QPR	46	1	66
12	Coventry	46	1	64
13	Preston	46	-4	64
14	Stoke	46	5	62
15	Swansea	46	-10	61

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