Preston 2–1 Blackburn
Preston
2–1HT 2–0
Blackburn
Preston played Blackburn in the Championship on 5 September 2026 at Deepdale. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 9'C. Lang (assist by D. Burgzorg)
- 25'Yuri Ribeiro — Yellow card
- 27'C. Lang (assist by J. Thompson)
- 40'Sam Morsy — Yellow card
- 42'Delano Burgzorg — Yellow card
- 51'S. Mills (OG)
- 52'Stanley Mills — Yellow card
- 65'Harry Clarke — Yellow card
- 88'Jordan Thompson — Yellow card
Line-ups
Preston 4-4-2
- D. Iversen
- H. Clarke
- J. Storey
- L. Gibson
- C. Wiley
- S. Mills
- L. Leroy
- J. Thompson
- A. Devine
- C. Lang
- D. Burgzorg
- SUBSTITUTES
- L. Nicholls
- A. Vukcevic
- O. Offiah
- L. Lindsay
- T. Small
- A. Moran
- L. Gibbs
- J. Kenny
- J. Erabi
- COACHES: Paul Heckingbottom
Blackburn 3-4-2-1
- A. Pears
- K. Montgomery
- S. McLoughlin
- Y. Ribeiro
- R. Alebiosu
- A. Forshaw
- S. Morsy
- O. Afolayan
- R. Morishita
- T. Cantwell
- A. Gudjohnsen
- SUBSTITUTES
- F. Goddard
- H. Carter
- H. Pates
- L. Houghton
- M. Decandia
- J. Garrett
- F. Vare
- J. Fevrier
- H. Higgins
- COACHES: Tony Mowbray
Match statistics
| Preston | Blackburn | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 8 | Total shots | 12 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 7 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 11 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Corners | 11 |
| 1 | Offsides | 5 |
| 33% | Possession | 67% |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 243 | Total passes | 518 |
| 159 | Accurate passes | 420 |
| 65% | Pass accuracy | 81% |
| 2.19 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.09 |
| 0.23 | goals_prevented | 0.23 |