Blackburn 2–1 Preston – England Championship, 31 Jan 2025

Match facts

Blackburn Preston

13 Shots 11

2 Shots on target 2

7 Corners 4

13 Fouls 6

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (348 league matches this season so far).

Result Blackburn to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.85

Expected goals 1.46 – 0.92

Home / Draw / Away

50% 27% 24%

BlackburnDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

58% 42%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

54% 46%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

9% 0

22% 1

26% 2

21% 3

12% 4

9% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 13.6% 1–1 12.4% 2–0 9.9%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.45points / match

1.10scored / match

0.97conceded / match

12 6 11

WonDrawnLost 29 played · 32:28

Preston before this match, all matches

1.28points / match

1.10scored / match

1.24conceded / match

8 13 8

WonDrawnLost 29 played · 32:36

Blackburn all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.10 Goals scored 1.10

0.97 Goals conceded 1.24

2.07 Total goals 2.34

10.69 Shots 10.41

3.69 Shots on target 3.62

12.69 Shots faced 11.59

4.34 Corners 4.14

5.66 Corners against 4.93

12.90 Fouls 13.86

2.34 Yellow cards 2.62

0.45 1st-half goals scored 0.48

0.24 1st-half goals conceded 0.55

How often Full Time

41% Wins 28%

21% Draws 45%

38% Losses 28%

93% Over 0.5 goals 83%

59% Over 1.5 goals 72%

34% Over 2.5 goals 45%

14% Over 3.5 goals 28%

3% Over 4.5 goals 3%

3% Over 5.5 goals 3%

31% Both teams scored 59%

38% Clean sheets 34%

38% Failed to score 24%

How often Half Time

31% Wins 31%

55% Draws 41%

14% Losses 28%

55% Over 0.5 goals 69%

14% Over 1.5 goals 28%

0% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Blackburn all matches

2

W

1

L

2

D

1

L

1

D

1

L

3

W

1

L

2

L

1

2

L

Preston all matches

2

W

1

D

1

2

L

1

W

3

1

W

1

3

L

1

D

2

1

W

2

1

W

Blackburn before this match, at home

1.73points / match

1.33scored / match

0.87conceded / match

8 2 5

WonDrawnLost 15 played · 20:13

Preston before this match, away

0.86points / match

1.00scored / match

1.64conceded / match

2 6 6

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 14:23

Blackburn at home away Preston

Per match

1.33 Goals scored 1.00

0.87 Goals conceded 1.64

2.20 Total goals 2.64

12.93 Shots 9.14

4.40 Shots on target 3.71

11.00 Shots faced 12.57

5.47 Corners 3.64

5.07 Corners against 5.00

12.27 Fouls 15.29

1.60 Yellow cards 2.50

0.53 1st-half goals scored 0.50

0.20 1st-half goals conceded 0.71

How often Full Time

53% Wins 14%

13% Draws 43%

33% Losses 43%

93% Over 0.5 goals 79%

67% Over 1.5 goals 79%

33% Over 2.5 goals 57%

13% Over 3.5 goals 36%

7% Over 4.5 goals 7%

7% Over 5.5 goals 7%

20% Both teams scored 64%

47% Clean sheets 29%

40% Failed to score 29%

How often Half Time

40% Wins 29%

47% Draws 43%

13% Losses 29%

60% Over 0.5 goals 71%

13% Over 1.5 goals 43%

0% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Blackburn at home

D

2

L

2

L

1

W

2

W

2

D

1

L

1

L

3

W

2

L

Preston away

D

3

D

1

3

L

D

1

D

2

W

1

2

L

1

3

L

D

2

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.01.25	Bristol City – Blackburn	2–1 (1–1)	1.95	3.50	3.75	2.20	1.67
21.01.25	Blackburn – Coventry	0–2 (0–1)	2.55	3.30	2.75	2.10	1.73
18.01.25	Oxford – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.40	2.30	2.20	1.67
15.01.25	Blackburn – Portsmouth	3–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.75	1.98	1.88
04.01.25	Blackburn – Burnley	0–1 (0–0)	3.20	3.40	2.20	2.38	1.57
01.01.25	Leeds – Blackburn	1–1 (0–0)	1.36	5.00	7.50	1.90	1.95
29.12.24	Blackburn – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	2.10	1.73
26.12.24	Blackburn – Sunderland	2–2 (1–0)	2.80	3.25	2.50	2.20	1.67
21.12.24	Millwall – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.25	3.20	2.38	1.57
14.12.24	Blackburn – Luton	2–0 (2–0)	2.15	3.40	3.30	2.00	1.80

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.01.25	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	3.25	3.25	2.25	2.10	1.73
21.01.25	Watford – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	2.10	3.40	3.40	2.20	1.67
18.01.25	Luton – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.67
04.01.25	Preston – Oxford	1–1 (0–1)	1.85	3.40	4.33	2.20	1.67
01.01.25	West Brom – Preston	3–1 (3–0)	1.83	3.50	4.33	2.30	1.62
29.12.24	Preston – Sheffield Weds	3–1 (1–0)	2.45	2.90	3.10	2.30	1.62
26.12.24	Preston – Hull	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.73
21.12.24	QPR – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.55	3.10	2.90	2.50	1.53
14.12.24	Preston – Leeds	1–1 (1–0)	4.75	4.00	1.67	2.10	1.73
11.12.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.67

Blackburn at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.01.25	Blackburn – Coventry	0–2 (0–1)	2.55	3.30	2.75	2.10	1.73
15.01.25	Blackburn – Portsmouth	3–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.75	1.98	1.88
04.01.25	Blackburn – Burnley	0–1 (0–0)	3.20	3.40	2.20	2.38	1.57
29.12.24	Blackburn – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	2.10	1.73
26.12.24	Blackburn – Sunderland	2–2 (1–0)	2.80	3.25	2.50	2.20	1.67
14.12.24	Blackburn – Luton	2–0 (2–0)	2.15	3.40	3.30	2.00	1.80
30.11.24	Blackburn – Leeds	1–0 (1–0)	4.20	3.70	1.80	2.00	1.85
06.11.24	Blackburn – Stoke	0–2 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	1.88	1.98
02.11.24	Blackburn – Sheffield United	0–2 (0–1)	2.88	3.10	2.63	2.20	1.67
23.10.24	Blackburn – West Brom	0–0 (0–0)	2.70	3.40	2.50	2.10	1.73

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.01.25	Watford – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	2.10	3.40	3.40	2.20	1.67
18.01.25	Luton – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.67
01.01.25	West Brom – Preston	3–1 (3–0)	1.83	3.50	4.33	2.30	1.62
21.12.24	QPR – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.55	3.10	2.90	2.50	1.53
11.12.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.67
07.12.24	Sheffield Weds – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.25	4.20	2.20	1.67
26.11.24	Stoke – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	2.10	1.73
09.11.24	Portsmouth – Preston	3–1 (2–0)	2.80	3.40	2.40	2.10	1.73
26.10.24	Plymouth – Preston	3–3 (0–2)	2.70	3.40	2.50	1.93	1.93
05.10.24	Burnley – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.67	3.80	5.00	2.05	1.80

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 3 2

Blackburn winsDrawsPreston wins

7matches

2.86goals / match

57%over 2.5

71%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
22.09.24E1	Preston – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	2.63	3.30	2.55	2.00	1.80
17.02.24E1	Preston – Blackburn	2–2 (2–2)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
10.11.23E1	Blackburn – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	1.83	2.03
22.04.23E1	Preston – Blackburn	1–1 (0–0)	2.60	3.10	2.90	2.20	1.67
10.12.22E1	Blackburn – Preston	1–4 (0–1)	2.25	3.20	3.40	2.30	1.62
25.04.22E1	Preston – Blackburn	1–4 (1–3)	2.62	3.40	2.55	2.10	1.72
04.12.21E1	Blackburn – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.00	1.85

England Championship table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	29	17	9	3	53	19	+34	60
2	Sheffield United	29	18	6	5	40	21	+19	60
3	Burnley	29	15	12	2	36	9	+27	57
4	Sunderland	29	15	10	4	42	24	+18	55
5	West Brom	29	10	14	5	38	25	+13	44
6	Middlesbrough	29	12	8	9	47	36	+11	44
7	Blackburn	29	12	6	11	32	28	+4	42
8	Bristol City	29	10	11	8	37	34	+3	41
9	Watford	29	12	5	12	40	41	-1	41
10	Sheffield Weds	29	11	8	10	42	45	-3	41
11	Norwich	29	10	9	10	48	42	+6	39
12	Coventry	29	10	8	11	39	38	+1	38
13	QPR	29	9	11	9	32	37	-5	38
14	Millwall	29	9	10	10	28	26	+2	37
15	Preston	29	8	13	8	32	36	-4	37
16	Oxford	29	9	9	11	33	43	-10	36
17	Swansea	29	9	7	13	32	40	-8	34
18	Cardiff	29	7	10	12	33	44	-11	31
19	Hull	29	7	8	14	30	38	-8	29
20	Stoke	29	6	11	12	26	36	-10	29
21	Portsmouth	29	7	8	14	36	52	-16	29
22	Derby	29	7	6	16	32	40	-8	27
23	Luton	29	7	5	17	29	48	-19	26
24	Plymouth	29	4	10	15	27	62	-35	22

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	15	12	2	1	35	7	+28	38
2	Sunderland	14	9	5	0	24	10	+14	32
3	Sheffield United	14	10	2	2	19	8	+11	32
4	Watford	14	9	2	3	20	12	+8	29
5	Oxford	15	8	4	3	23	19	+4	28
6	Norwich	14	7	5	2	36	19	+17	26
7	Burnley	14	6	8	0	15	4	+11	26
8	Bristol City	14	7	5	2	21	11	+10	26
9	Middlesbrough	15	7	5	3	22	15	+7	26
10	Blackburn	15	8	2	5	20	13	+7	26
11	West Brom	14	6	7	1	19	8	+11	25
12	Preston	15	6	7	2	18	13	+5	25
13	Coventry	14	7	3	4	25	17	+8	24
14	Portsmouth	14	6	4	4	22	14	+8	22
15	Luton	15	6	4	5	18	17	+1	22
16	Millwall	15	6	3	6	16	13	+3	21
17	Sheffield Weds	15	5	6	4	24	22	+2	21
18	Swansea	14	5	5	4	21	16	+5	20
19	Derby	14	6	2	6	19	14	+5	20
20	QPR	15	5	5	5	20	21	-1	20
21	Cardiff	15	6	2	7	18	19	-1	20
22	Stoke	15	4	7	4	18	17	+1	19
23	Plymouth	14	4	6	4	22	25	-3	18
24	Hull	15	2	6	7	15	20	-5	12

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	15	9	4	2	21	5	+16	31
2	Sheffield United	15	8	4	3	21	13	+8	28
3	Sunderland	15	6	5	4	18	14	+4	23
4	Leeds	14	5	7	2	18	12	+6	22
5	Sheffield Weds	14	6	2	6	18	23	-5	20
6	West Brom	15	4	7	4	19	17	+2	19
7	Middlesbrough	14	5	3	6	25	21	+4	18
8	QPR	14	4	6	4	12	16	-4	18
9	Hull	14	5	2	7	15	18	-3	17
10	Millwall	14	3	7	4	12	13	-1	16
11	Blackburn	14	4	4	6	12	15	-3	16
12	Bristol City	15	3	6	6	16	23	-7	15
13	Coventry	15	3	5	7	14	21	-7	14
14	Swansea	15	4	2	9	11	24	-13	14
15	Norwich	15	3	4	8	12	23	-11	13
16	Watford	15	3	3	9	20	29	-9	12
17	Preston	14	2	6	6	14	23	-9	12
18	Cardiff	14	1	8	5	15	25	-10	11
19	Stoke	14	2	4	8	8	19	-11	10
20	Oxford	14	1	5	8	10	24	-14	8
21	Derby	15	1	4	10	13	26	-13	7
22	Portsmouth	15	1	4	10	14	38	-24	7
23	Luton	14	1	1	12	11	31	-20	4
24	Plymouth	15	0	4	11	5	37	-32	4

Blackburn Preston

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	21	Portsmouth	29	9	20	1.2	1.8	7	8	14	36	52	29
2	9	Watford	29	10	19	1.4	1.4	12	5	12	40	41	41
3	10	Sheffield Weds	29	13	16	1.4	1.6	11	8	10	42	45	41
4	11	Norwich	29	13	16	1.7	1.4	10	9	10	48	42	39
5	12	Coventry	29	13	16	1.3	1.3	10	8	11	39	38	38
6	23	Luton	29	13	16	1.0	1.7	7	5	17	29	48	26
7	24	Plymouth	29	13	16	0.9	2.1	4	10	15	27	62	22
8	17	Swansea	29	14	15	1.1	1.4	9	7	13	32	40	34
9	4	Sunderland	29	16	13	1.4	0.8	15	10	4	42	24	55
10	6	Middlesbrough	29	16	13	1.6	1.2	12	8	9	47	36	44
11	8	Bristol City	29	16	13	1.3	1.2	10	11	8	37	34	41
12	15	Preston	29	16	13	1.1	1.2	8	13	8	32	36	37
13	22	Derby	29	16	13	1.1	1.4	7	6	16	32	40	27
14	13	QPR	29	17	12	1.1	1.3	9	11	9	32	37	38
15	16	Oxford	29	17	12	1.1	1.5	9	9	11	33	43	36
16	18	Cardiff	29	17	12	1.1	1.5	7	10	12	33	44	31
17	1	Leeds	29	18	11	1.8	0.7	17	9	3	53	19	60
18	5	West Brom	29	18	11	1.3	0.9	10	14	5	38	25	44
19	19	Hull	29	18	11	1.0	1.3	7	8	14	30	38	29
20	7	Blackburn	29	19	10	1.1	1.0	12	6	11	32	28	42
21	20	Stoke	29	19	10	0.9	1.2	6	11	12	26	36	29
22	2	Sheffield United	29	20	9	1.4	0.7	18	6	5	40	21	60
23	14	Millwall	29	22	7	1.0	0.9	9	10	10	28	26	37
24	3	Burnley	29	23	6	1.2	0.3	15	12	2	36	9	57

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Coventry	14	3	11	1.8	1.2	7	3	4	25	17	24
2	11	Norwich	14	4	10	2.6	1.4	7	5	2	36	19	26
3	9	Watford	14	5	9	1.4	0.9	9	2	3	20	12	29
4	21	Portsmouth	14	5	9	1.6	1.0	6	4	4	22	14	22
5	24	Plymouth	14	5	9	1.6	1.8	4	6	4	22	25	18
6	1	Leeds	15	7	8	2.3	0.5	12	2	1	35	7	38
7	13	QPR	15	7	8	1.3	1.4	5	5	5	20	21	20
8	23	Luton	15	7	8	1.2	1.1	6	4	5	18	17	22
9	4	Sunderland	14	7	7	1.7	0.7	9	5	0	24	10	32
10	17	Swansea	14	7	7	1.5	1.1	5	5	4	21	16	20
11	8	Bristol City	14	8	6	1.5	0.8	7	5	2	21	11	26
12	10	Sheffield Weds	15	9	6	1.6	1.5	5	6	4	24	22	21
13	16	Oxford	15	9	6	1.5	1.3	8	4	3	23	19	28
14	20	Stoke	15	9	6	1.2	1.1	4	7	4	18	17	19
15	22	Derby	14	8	6	1.4	1.0	6	2	6	19	14	20
16	6	Middlesbrough	15	10	5	1.5	1.0	7	5	3	22	15	26
17	7	Blackburn	15	10	5	1.3	0.9	8	2	5	20	13	26
18	15	Preston	15	10	5	1.2	0.9	6	7	2	18	13	25
19	18	Cardiff	15	10	5	1.2	1.3	6	2	7	18	19	20
20	19	Hull	15	10	5	1.0	1.3	2	6	7	15	20	12
21	5	West Brom	14	10	4	1.4	0.6	6	7	1	19	8	25
22	14	Millwall	15	11	4	1.1	0.9	6	3	6	16	13	21
23	2	Sheffield United	14	11	3	1.4	0.6	10	2	2	19	8	32
24	3	Burnley	14	11	3	1.1	0.3	6	8	0	15	4	26

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	21	Portsmouth	15	4	11	0.9	2.5	1	4	10	14	38	7
2	9	Watford	15	5	10	1.3	1.9	3	3	9	20	29	12
3	10	Sheffield Weds	14	4	10	1.3	1.6	6	2	6	18	23	20
4	6	Middlesbrough	14	6	8	1.8	1.5	5	3	6	25	21	18
5	15	Preston	14	6	8	1.0	1.6	2	6	6	14	23	12
6	17	Swansea	15	7	8	0.7	1.6	4	2	9	11	24	14
7	23	Luton	14	6	8	0.8	2.2	1	1	12	11	31	4
8	5	West Brom	15	8	7	1.3	1.1	4	7	4	19	17	19
9	8	Bristol City	15	8	7	1.1	1.5	3	6	6	16	23	15
10	18	Cardiff	14	7	7	1.1	1.8	1	8	5	15	25	11
11	22	Derby	15	8	7	0.9	1.7	1	4	10	13	26	7
12	24	Plymouth	15	8	7	0.3	2.5	0	4	11	5	37	4
13	2	Sheffield United	15	9	6	1.4	0.9	8	4	3	21	13	28
14	4	Sunderland	15	9	6	1.2	0.9	6	5	4	18	14	23
15	11	Norwich	15	9	6	0.8	1.5	3	4	8	12	23	13
16	16	Oxford	14	8	6	0.7	1.7	1	5	8	10	24	8
17	19	Hull	14	8	6	1.1	1.3	5	2	7	15	18	17
18	7	Blackburn	14	9	5	0.9	1.1	4	4	6	12	15	16
19	12	Coventry	15	10	5	0.9	1.4	3	5	7	14	21	14
20	13	QPR	14	10	4	0.9	1.1	4	6	4	12	16	18
21	20	Stoke	14	10	4	0.6	1.4	2	4	8	8	19	10
22	1	Leeds	14	11	3	1.3	0.9	5	7	2	18	12	22
23	3	Burnley	15	12	3	1.4	0.3	9	4	2	21	5	31
24	14	Millwall	14	11	3	0.9	0.9	3	7	4	12	13	16

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.