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Preston vs Blackburn: match report

Preston North End hosted Blackburn Rovers at Deepdale on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 5). Anthony Backhouse is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Preston 2-1 Blackburn. Goals: Callum Lang 9' for Preston; Callum Lang 27' for Preston; Stanley Mills 51' (own goal) for Blackburn. Attendance: 19,645.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Goal: Callum Lang (Preston) 1-0
  • 25' Yellow card: Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn)
  • 27' Goal: Callum Lang (Preston) 2-0
  • 40' Yellow card: Sam Morsy (Blackburn)
  • 42' Yellow card: Delano Burgzorg (Preston)
  • 51' Own goal: Stanley Mills (Blackburn) 2-1
  • 52' Yellow card: Stanley Mills (Preston)
  • 65' Yellow card: Harrison Clarke (Preston)
  • 88' Yellow card: Jordan Thompson (Preston)
Match stats (contains the result)
32.8%Possession67.2%
8Shots12
3Shots on target5
3Corners11
11Fouls9
1Offsides5
5Saves1
4Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Preston 4-4-2

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

  1. 1 Daniel Iversen GK
  2. 4 Harry Clarke DEF
  3. 14 Jordan Storey DEF
  4. 19 Lewis Gibson DEF
  5. 12 Caleb Wiley DEF
  6. 17 Stanley Mills MID
  7. 27 Léo Leroy MID
  8. 15 Jordan Thompson MID
  9. 7 Alfie Devine MID
  10. 10 Callum Lang FWD
  11. 37 Delano Burgzorg FWD

Bench

  • 3 Andrija Vukčević DEF
  • 38 Johnny Kenny FWD
  • 9 Jusef Erabi FWD
  • 24 Odel Offiah DEF
  • 20 Liam Gibbs MID
  • 21 Lee Nicholls GK
  • 11 Thierry Small DEF
  • 6 Liam Lindsay DEF
  • 23 Andrew Moran MID

Blackburn 3-4-2-1

Coach: Tony Mowbray

  1. 1 Aynsley Pears GK
  2. 31 Kristi Montgomery DEF
  3. 15 Sean McLoughlin DEF
  4. 4 Yuri Ribeiro DEF
  5. 2 Ryan Alebiosu MID
  6. 28 Adam Forshaw MID
  7. 8 Sam Morsy MID
  8. 21 Oladapo Afolayan MID
  9. 25 Ryoya Morishita MID
  10. 10 Todd Cantwell MID
  11. 9 Andri Guðjohnsen FWD

Bench

  • 17 Hayden Carter DEF
  • 11 Jayden Fevrier FWD
  • 45 Harvey Higgins MID
  • 37 Felix Goddard GK
  • 47 Lucas Houghton DEF
  • 46 Michael Decandia DEF
  • 39 Harvey Pates DEF
  • 53 Frank Vare MID
  • 30 Jake Garrett MID
Previous meetings
  • Friday 20 February 2026: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End
  • Friday 21 November 2025: Preston North End 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Friday 31 January 2025: Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End
  • Sunday 22 September 2024: Preston North End 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
  • Saturday 17 February 2024: Preston North End 2-2 Blackburn Rovers