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Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End

Championship
Blackburn
11-13-15
1-2
Final
Preston
14-14-11
Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'PNE
41%Possession59%
6Shots16
3On target7
4Corners4
5Saves2
8Fouls11
24'Shane DuffyBLK37'Paul GallagherPNE57'Ben PearsonPNE57'Elliott BennettBLK57'Elliott WardBLK75'Danny GrahamBLK
Team1H2HT
BLK101
PNE202

Who won: Preston 2-1

Preston North End beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Elliott Ward (13'). Goals for Preston: Joe Garner (25' pen) and Jordan Hugill (43').

Recap · Apr 2
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End

What it means

  • Preston has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 2
Sir Alex Ferguson on David Beckham's Preston loan: 'He thought I wanted him gone but that's not true'
ESPN · Aug 14
Raúl Jiménez marks Wolves return by rescuing draw with Blackburn
ESPN · Aug 14
Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Raúl Jiménez converts last minute penalty to rescue point in curtain raiser - as it happened
ESPN · Aug 7
Wrexham make Preston captain Ben Whiteman 2nd summer signing
ESPN · Feb 17
What's happened to Blackburn Rovers' Ryan Alebiosu since his injury on debut for Nigeria at AFCON?
Recap · Feb 14
Socceroos right back Lewis Miller appears to injure Achilles in Blackburn win
Recap · Jan 1
Wrexham boost playoff chances with 2-0 win against tepid Blackburn
Recap · Dec 29
Wrexham inches closer to playoff spots with win over Preston

Lineups

Preston24th in English League Championship
Lineup (4-4-2)
  1. 1Anders LindegaardG
  2. 2Bailey WrightCD-L
  3. 3Tom ClarkeCD-R
  4. 4Greg CunninghamLB
  5. 5Calum WoodsRB
  6. 6Alan BrowneCM-L
  7. 7Ben PearsonCM-R
  8. 8Adam ReachLM
  9. 9Paul GallagherRM
  10. 10Jordan HugillCF-L
  11. 11Joe GarnerCF-R
Blackburn13th in English League Championship
Lineup (4-4-2)
  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 2Elliott WardCD-L
  3. 3Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 4Thomas SpurrLB
  5. 5Ben MarshallRB
  6. 6Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 7Darragh LenihanCM-R
  8. 8Jordi GómezLM
  9. 9Elliott BennettRM
  10. 10Tony WattCF-L
  11. 11Danny GrahamCF-R

Head to head

BLK leads series 1-0
Last meeting: Blackburn 2, Preston 1 (Nov 21)

Last 5

PNE
  • Tvs QPR1-1
  • W@ BOL2-1
  • L@ NFO0-1
  • Tvs BHA0-0
  • L@ CAR1-2
BLK
  • W@ BRE1-0
  • L@ IPS0-2
  • Lvs LEE1-2
  • Wvs BIR2-0
  • L@ BUR0-1

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Game info

Venue
Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 21,029

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.

Season seriesBLK leads series 1-0

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