Blackburn 1–0 Preston – England Championship, 20 Feb 2026

Match facts

Blackburn Preston

13 Shots 3

3 Shots on target 2

5 Corners 3

8 Fouls 10

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (382 league matches this season so far).

Result Preston to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.94

Expected goals 1.14 – 1.25

Home / Draw / Away

33% 28% 39%

BlackburnDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

57% 43%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

52% 48%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

9% 0

22% 1

26% 2

21% 3

12% 4

9% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 13.1% 0–1 11.5% 1–0 10.5%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.09points / match

0.94scored / match

1.28conceded / match

9 8 15

WonDrawnLost 32 played · 30:41

Preston before this match, all matches

1.50points / match

1.25scored / match

1.13conceded / match

12 12 8

WonDrawnLost 32 played · 40:36

Blackburn all matches all matches Preston

Per match

0.94 Goals scored 1.25

1.28 Goals conceded 1.13

2.22 Total goals 2.38

11.53 Shots 10.94

3.28 Shots on target 3.66

11.56 Shots faced 13.84

5.53 Corners 4.31

4.81 Corners against 6.41

11.19 Fouls 10.75

2.09 Yellow cards 2.06

0.50 1st-half goals scored 0.56

0.56 1st-half goals conceded 0.56

How often Full Time

28% Wins 38%

25% Draws 38%

47% Losses 25%

94% Over 0.5 goals 94%

75% Over 1.5 goals 75%

41% Over 2.5 goals 44%

13% Over 3.5 goals 19%

0% Over 4.5 goals 6%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

47% Both teams scored 56%

25% Clean sheets 28%

34% Failed to score 22%

How often Half Time

28% Wins 38%

44% Draws 31%

28% Losses 31%

69% Over 0.5 goals 78%

31% Over 1.5 goals 25%

6% Over 2.5 goals 9%

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

Blackburn all matches

D

2

L

2

D

3

L

1

3

L

1

D

1

L

1

W

2

L

3

1

W

Preston all matches

D

1

2

L

3

W

2

W

1

L

3

L

4

L

1

D

1

W

2

D

Blackburn before this match, at home

0.88points / match

0.94scored / match

1.38conceded / match

3 5 8

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 15:22

Preston before this match, away

1.40points / match

1.20scored / match

1.20conceded / match

5 6 4

WonDrawnLost 15 played · 18:18

Blackburn at home away Preston

Per match

0.94 Goals scored 1.20

1.38 Goals conceded 1.20

2.31 Total goals 2.40

11.88 Shots 10.40

3.56 Shots on target 3.73

9.56 Shots faced 14.07

6.25 Corners 3.67

4.94 Corners against 6.60

10.13 Fouls 11.00

1.94 Yellow cards 1.93

0.44 1st-half goals scored 0.60

0.69 1st-half goals conceded 0.73

How often Full Time

19% Wins 33%

31% Draws 40%

50% Losses 27%

100% Over 0.5 goals 93%

81% Over 1.5 goals 80%

38% Over 2.5 goals 40%

13% Over 3.5 goals 20%

0% Over 4.5 goals 7%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

63% Both teams scored 60%

13% Clean sheets 27%

25% Failed to score 20%

How often Half Time

19% Wins 33%

44% Draws 27%

38% Losses 40%

69% Over 0.5 goals 87%

38% Over 1.5 goals 33%

6% Over 2.5 goals 13%

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

Blackburn at home

1

2

L

1

L

1

D

1

D

2

W

2

L

2

D

1

D

1

L

1

W

Preston away

2

W

1

D

1

D

3

2

W

2

1

W

D

1

2

L

2

W

4

L

1

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.02.26	QPR – Blackburn	1–3 (1–2)	2.15	3.10	3.25	2.20	1.67
07.02.26	Norwich – Blackburn	2–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	3.75	2.00	1.80
03.02.26	Blackburn – Sheffield Weds	1–0 (1–0)	1.33	5.00	8.50	1.80	2.00
31.01.26	Blackburn – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.30	3.20	2.00	1.80
24.01.26	Blackburn – Watford	1–1 (1–1)	2.70	3.10	2.65	2.20	1.67
20.01.26	Swansea – Blackburn	3–1 (1–1)	2.05	3.25	3.70	2.20	1.67
17.01.26	Ipswich – Blackburn	3–0 (2–0)	1.49	4.00	6.25	2.00	1.80
04.01.26	Blackburn – Charlton	2–2 (1–2)	2.05	3.20	3.75	2.30	1.62
01.01.26	Blackburn – Wrexham	0–2 (0–2)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.80
29.12.25	Sheffield Weds – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	4.50	3.60	1.71	1.93	1.93

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.02.26	Preston – Watford	2–2 (1–0)	3.00	3.20	2.20	2.20	1.67
07.02.26	Preston – Portsmouth	1–0 (1–0)	2.32	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
31.01.26	Ipswich – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	8.00	1.83	2.03
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
20.01.26	Preston – Hull	0–3 (0–2)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.10	1.73
17.01.26	Preston – Derby	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.40	2.38	1.57
04.01.26	Bristol City – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.00	1.80
01.01.26	Preston – Sheffield Weds	3–0 (1–0)	1.46	4.00	7.00	1.85	2.00
29.12.25	Wrexham – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.50	2.10	1.73
26.12.25	Stoke – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.10	1.73

Blackburn at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
03.02.26	Blackburn – Sheffield Weds	1–0 (1–0)	1.33	5.00	8.50	1.80	2.00
31.01.26	Blackburn – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.30	3.20	2.00	1.80
24.01.26	Blackburn – Watford	1–1 (1–1)	2.70	3.10	2.65	2.20	1.67
04.01.26	Blackburn – Charlton	2–2 (1–2)	2.05	3.20	3.75	2.30	1.62
01.01.26	Blackburn – Wrexham	0–2 (0–2)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.80
20.12.25	Blackburn – Millwall	2–0 (2–0)	2.10	3.30	3.40	2.10	1.73
09.12.25	Blackburn – Oxford	1–1 (0–1)	1.76	3.50	4.75	2.10	1.73
02.12.25	Blackburn – Ipswich	1–1 (0–0)	3.90	3.50	1.96	2.00	1.80
26.11.25	Blackburn – QPR	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.40	3.25	2.05	1.80
08.11.25	Blackburn – Derby	1–2 (0–2)	1.91	3.30	3.90	2.38	1.57

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
31.01.26	Ipswich – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	8.00	1.83	2.03
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
04.01.26	Bristol City – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.00	1.80
29.12.25	Wrexham – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.50	2.10	1.73
26.12.25	Stoke – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.10	1.73
13.12.25	Oxford – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.20	2.65	2.10	1.73
29.11.25	Sheffield Weds – Preston	2–3 (2–1)	3.40	3.25	2.15	2.10	1.73
25.11.25	Watford – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	1.81	3.60	4.20	2.10	1.73
08.11.25	Millwall – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	2.15	3.25	3.25	2.30	1.62
01.11.25	Southampton – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.68	3.90	4.33	1.88	1.98

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

4 3 2

Blackburn winsDrawsPreston wins

9matches

2.89goals / match

67%over 2.5

78%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.11.25E1	Preston – Blackburn	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.05	2.85	2.20	1.67
31.01.25E1	Blackburn – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.10	3.60	2.50	1.53
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 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	32	18	8	6	66	36	+30	62
2	Middlesbrough	32	18	7	7	50	33	+17	61
3	Millwall	32	16	8	8	41	37	+4	56
4	Ipswich	30	15	9	6	51	29	+22	54
5	Hull	31	16	6	9	50	43	+7	54
6	Derby	32	13	9	10	47	39	+8	48
7	Wrexham	32	12	12	8	46	41	+5	48
8	Preston	32	12	12	8	40	36	+4	48
9	Bristol City	32	13	8	11	45	40	+5	47
10	Southampton	32	12	10	10	48	44	+4	46
11	Birmingham	32	12	10	10	43	39	+4	46
12	Watford	32	11	12	9	41	38	+3	45
13	QPR	32	12	8	12	43	46	-3	44
14	Stoke	32	12	7	13	34	29	+5	43
15	Sheffield United	32	13	3	16	45	45	0	42
16	Swansea	32	12	6	14	38	39	-1	42
17	Norwich	32	11	6	15	42	42	0	39
18	Charlton	32	10	9	13	31	41	-10	39
19	Leicester	32	10	8	14	44	51	-7	38
20	Portsmouth	31	9	9	13	30	40	-10	36
21	Blackburn	32	9	8	15	30	41	-11	35
22	West Brom	32	9	7	16	32	47	-15	34
23	Oxford	32	6	10	16	28	44	-16	28
24	Sheffield Weds	32	1	8	23	19	64	-45	11

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	16	12	3	1	34	12	+22	39
2	Ipswich	16	10	5	1	30	12	+18	35
3	Middlesbrough	15	10	3	2	25	11	+14	33
4	Birmingham	16	8	7	1	30	15	+15	31
5	Millwall	16	9	3	4	22	18	+4	30
6	Watford	16	8	5	3	24	17	+7	29
7	Swansea	16	8	4	4	24	18	+6	28
8	Preston	17	7	6	4	22	18	+4	27
9	Hull	16	8	3	5	23	23	0	27
10	Southampton	15	7	5	3	20	13	+7	26
11	QPR	16	8	2	6	29	24	+5	26
12	Bristol City	17	7	4	6	27	22	+5	25
13	Charlton	16	7	4	5	17	17	0	25
14	Wrexham	16	6	6	4	26	24	+2	24
15	Sheffield United	15	7	2	6	25	17	+8	23
16	West Brom	15	6	5	4	18	19	-1	23
17	Portsmouth	16	6	4	6	18	16	+2	22
18	Leicester	16	6	4	6	23	23	0	22
19	Stoke	15	6	3	6	19	14	+5	21
20	Derby	17	5	6	6	21	23	-2	21
21	Norwich	15	5	1	9	16	20	-4	16
22	Oxford	16	3	6	7	13	22	-9	15
23	Blackburn	16	3	5	8	15	22	-7	14
24	Sheffield Weds	17	0	4	13	8	35	-27	4

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	17	8	4	5	25	22	+3	28
2	Derby	15	8	3	4	26	16	+10	27
3	Hull	15	8	3	4	27	20	+7	27
4	Millwall	16	7	5	4	19	19	0	26
5	Wrexham	16	6	6	4	20	17	+3	24
6	Coventry	16	6	5	5	32	24	+8	23
7	Norwich	17	6	5	6	26	22	+4	23
8	Bristol City	15	6	4	5	18	18	0	22
9	Stoke	17	6	4	7	15	15	0	22
10	Preston	15	5	6	4	18	18	0	21
11	Blackburn	16	6	3	7	15	19	-4	21
12	Southampton	17	5	5	7	28	31	-3	20
13	Ipswich	14	5	4	5	21	17	+4	19
14	Sheffield United	17	6	1	10	20	28	-8	19
15	QPR	16	4	6	6	14	22	-8	18
16	Watford	16	3	7	6	17	21	-4	16
17	Leicester	16	4	4	8	21	28	-7	16
18	Birmingham	16	4	3	9	13	24	-11	15
19	Swansea	16	4	2	10	14	21	-7	14
20	Charlton	16	3	5	8	14	24	-10	14
21	Portsmouth	15	3	5	7	12	24	-12	14
22	Oxford	16	3	4	9	15	22	-7	13
23	West Brom	17	3	2	12	14	28	-14	11
24	Sheffield Weds	15	1	4	10	11	29	-18	7

Blackburn Preston

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	19	Leicester	32	11	21	1.4	1.6	10	8	14	44	51	38
2	1	Coventry	32	12	20	2.1	1.1	18	8	6	66	36	62
3	5	Hull	31	11	20	1.6	1.4	16	6	9	50	43	54
4	13	QPR	32	12	20	1.3	1.4	12	8	12	43	46	44
5	10	Southampton	32	13	19	1.5	1.4	12	10	10	48	44	46
6	2	Middlesbrough	32	14	18	1.6	1.0	18	7	7	50	33	61
7	15	Sheffield United	32	14	18	1.4	1.4	13	3	16	45	45	42
8	24	Sheffield Weds	32	14	18	0.6	2.0	1	8	23	19	64	11
9	4	Ipswich	30	14	16	1.7	1.0	15	9	6	51	29	54
10	6	Derby	32	16	16	1.5	1.2	13	9	10	47	39	48
11	17	Norwich	32	16	16	1.3	1.3	11	6	15	42	42	39
12	22	West Brom	32	16	16	1.0	1.5	9	7	16	32	47	34
13	23	Oxford	32	16	16	0.9	1.4	6	10	16	28	44	28
14	3	Millwall	32	17	15	1.3	1.2	16	8	8	41	37	56
15	9	Bristol City	32	17	15	1.4	1.2	13	8	11	45	40	47
16	11	Birmingham	32	17	15	1.3	1.2	12	10	10	43	39	46
17	12	Watford	32	17	15	1.3	1.2	11	12	9	41	38	45
18	16	Swansea	32	17	15	1.2	1.2	12	6	14	38	39	42
19	7	Wrexham	32	18	14	1.4	1.3	12	12	8	46	41	48
20	8	Preston	32	18	14	1.2	1.1	12	12	8	40	36	48
21	18	Charlton	32	19	13	1.0	1.3	10	9	13	31	41	39
22	20	Portsmouth	31	18	13	1.0	1.3	9	9	13	30	40	36
23	21	Blackburn	32	19	13	0.9	1.3	9	8	15	30	41	35
24	14	Stoke	32	20	12	1.1	0.9	12	7	13	34	29	43

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	QPR	16	3	13	1.8	1.5	8	2	6	29	24	26
2	15	Sheffield United	15	5	10	1.7	1.1	7	2	6	25	17	23
3	1	Coventry	16	7	9	2.1	0.8	12	3	1	34	12	39
4	4	Ipswich	16	7	9	1.9	0.8	10	5	1	30	12	35
5	5	Hull	16	7	9	1.4	1.4	8	3	5	23	23	27
6	9	Bristol City	17	8	9	1.6	1.3	7	4	6	27	22	25
7	19	Leicester	16	7	9	1.4	1.4	6	4	6	23	23	22
8	24	Sheffield Weds	17	8	9	0.5	2.1	0	4	13	8	35	4
9	2	Middlesbrough	15	7	8	1.7	0.7	10	3	2	25	11	33
10	3	Millwall	16	8	8	1.4	1.1	9	3	4	22	18	30
11	7	Wrexham	16	8	8	1.6	1.5	6	6	4	26	24	24
12	8	Preston	17	9	8	1.3	1.1	7	6	4	22	18	27
13	11	Birmingham	16	8	8	1.9	0.9	8	7	1	30	15	31
14	12	Watford	16	8	8	1.5	1.1	8	5	3	24	17	29
15	16	Swansea	16	8	8	1.5	1.1	8	4	4	24	18	28
16	23	Oxford	16	8	8	0.8	1.4	3	6	7	13	22	15
17	10	Southampton	15	8	7	1.3	0.9	7	5	3	20	13	26
18	14	Stoke	15	8	7	1.3	0.9	6	3	6	19	14	21
19	17	Norwich	15	8	7	1.1	1.3	5	1	9	16	20	16
20	20	Portsmouth	16	9	7	1.1	1.0	6	4	6	18	16	22
21	22	West Brom	15	8	7	1.2	1.3	6	5	4	18	19	23
22	6	Derby	17	11	6	1.2	1.4	5	6	6	21	23	21
23	18	Charlton	16	10	6	1.1	1.1	7	4	5	17	17	25
24	21	Blackburn	16	10	6	0.9	1.4	3	5	8	15	22	14

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Southampton	17	5	12	1.6	1.8	5	5	7	28	31	20
2	19	Leicester	16	4	12	1.3	1.8	4	4	8	21	28	16
3	1	Coventry	16	5	11	2.0	1.5	6	5	5	32	24	23
4	5	Hull	15	4	11	1.8	1.3	8	3	4	27	20	27
5	2	Middlesbrough	17	7	10	1.5	1.3	8	4	5	25	22	28
6	6	Derby	15	5	10	1.7	1.1	8	3	4	26	16	27
7	17	Norwich	17	8	9	1.5	1.3	6	5	6	26	22	23
8	22	West Brom	17	8	9	0.8	1.6	3	2	12	14	28	11
9	24	Sheffield Weds	15	6	9	0.7	1.9	1	4	10	11	29	7
10	15	Sheffield United	17	9	8	1.2	1.6	6	1	10	20	28	19
11	23	Oxford	16	8	8	0.9	1.4	3	4	9	15	22	13
12	3	Millwall	16	9	7	1.2	1.2	7	5	4	19	19	26
13	4	Ipswich	14	7	7	1.5	1.2	5	4	5	21	17	19
14	11	Birmingham	16	9	7	0.8	1.5	4	3	9	13	24	15
15	12	Watford	16	9	7	1.1	1.3	3	7	6	17	21	16
16	13	QPR	16	9	7	0.9	1.4	4	6	6	14	22	18
17	16	Swansea	16	9	7	0.9	1.3	4	2	10	14	21	14
18	18	Charlton	16	9	7	0.9	1.5	3	5	8	14	24	14
19	21	Blackburn	16	9	7	0.9	1.2	6	3	7	15	19	21
20	7	Wrexham	16	10	6	1.2	1.1	6	6	4	20	17	24
21	8	Preston	15	9	6	1.2	1.2	5	6	4	18	18	21
22	9	Bristol City	15	9	6	1.2	1.2	6	4	5	18	18	22
23	20	Portsmouth	15	9	6	0.8	1.6	3	5	7	12	24	14
24	14	Stoke	17	12	5	0.9	0.9	6	4	7	15	15	22

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.