Blackburn vs Preston

Championship · Feb 20, 2026 · 20:00

Final score: Blackburn 1–0 Preston

Standings

• Blackburn: #20 · 52 Pts · 46 P (13W 13D 20L)
• Preston: #14 · 60 Pts · 46 P (15W 15D 16L)

Recent form

Blackburn

• W Feb 14, 2026: QPR 1–3 Blackburn
• L Feb 7, 2026: Norwich 2–0 Blackburn
• W Feb 3, 2026: Blackburn 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday
• L Jan 31, 2026: Blackburn 0–1 Hull City
• D Jan 24, 2026: Blackburn 1–1 Watford

Preston

• D Feb 14, 2026: Preston 2–2 Watford
• W Feb 7, 2026: Preston 1–0 Portsmouth
• D Jan 31, 2026: Ipswich 1–1 Preston
• L Jan 24, 2026: Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston
• L Jan 20, 2026: Preston 0–3 Hull City

Head-to-head

• 2026-02-20T20:00:00+00:00: Blackburn 1–0 Preston
• 2025-11-21T20:00:00+00:00: Preston 1–2 Blackburn
• 2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00: Blackburn 2–1 Preston
• 2024-09-22T11:00:00+00:00: Preston 0–0 Blackburn
• 2024-02-17T15:00:00+00:00: Preston 2–2 Blackburn

Match events

• 40' Card Yellow Card — Hayden Carter (Blackburn)
• 58' subst Substitution 1 — A. Vukcevic (Preston) (assists: J. Lewis)
• 58' subst Substitution 2 — P. Valentin (Preston) (assists: T. Small)
• 68' subst Substitution 1 — A. Gudjohnsen (Blackburn) (assists: Y. Ohashi)
• 69' subst Substitution 3 — M. Osmajic (Preston) (assists: D. Jebbison)
• 69' subst Substitution 4 — L. Dobbin (Preston) (assists: C. Lang)
• 70' Card Yellow Card — Callum Lang (Preston)
• 73' subst Substitution 5 — A. Hughes (Preston) (assists: O. Offiah)
• 84' subst Substitution 2 — H. Pickering (Blackburn) (assists: O. Afolayan)
• 84' subst Substitution 3 — M. Baradji (Blackburn) (assists: K. Montgomery)
• 90'+1 Card Yellow Card — Eiran Cashin (Blackburn)
• 90'+7 Card Yellow Card — Thierry Small (Preston)
• 90' Goal Normal Goal — Y. Ohashi (Blackburn) (assists: E. Cashin)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 3 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 0
• Total Shots: 13 — 3
• Blocked Shots: 5 — 1
• Shots insidebox: 9 — 3
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 0
• Fouls: 8 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 5 — 3
• Offsides: 2 — 0
• Ball Possession: 45% — 55%
• Yellow Cards: 2 — 2
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 2 — 2
• Total passes: 373 — 466
• Passes accurate: 269 — 365
• Passes %: 72% — 78%
• expected_goals: 1.06 — 0.12
• goals_prevented: -0.25 — -0.25

Injuries

Blackburn

• T. Cantwell — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Garrett — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• R. Hedges — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• L. Miller — Achilles Tendon Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Pears — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• G. Pratt — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• S. Tavares — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Kargbo — Leg Injury (Questionable)
• S. Wharton — Achilles Tendon Injury (Questionable)

Preston

• D. Iversen — Groin Injury (Missing Fixture)
• L. Lindsay — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• R. Brady — Calf Injury (Questionable)
• B. Potts — Inactive (Questionable)