Preston 2–1 Blackburn – England Championship, 5 Sep 2026

Match facts

Preston Blackburn

8 Shots 12

3 Shots on target 5

2.19 Expected goals (xG) 1.09

3 Corners 11

11 Fouls 9

4 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 (48 league matches this season so far).

Result Blackburn to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.72

Expected goals 1.41 – 1.46

Home / Draw / Away

37% 25% 39%

PrestonDrawBlackburn

Under / Over 2.5 goals

45% 55%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

42% 58%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.7% 1–2 8.5% 0–1 8.3%

Statistics 2026/2027, before this match

Preston before this match, all matches

0.00points / match

0.75scored / match

2.25conceded / match

4

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 3:9

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.25points / match

1.25scored / match

1.25conceded / match

1 2 1

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 5:5

Preston all matches all matches Blackburn

Per match

0.75 Goals scored 1.25

2.25 Goals conceded 1.25

3.00 Total goals 2.50

1.15 xG created 0.73

1.35 xG allowed 1.55

13.25 Shots 9.00

2.50 Shots on target 3.50

14.50 Shots faced 19.25

4.00 Corners 4.25

4.50 Corners against 5.75

13.50 Fouls 12.25

2.50 Yellow cards 3.50

0.00 1st-half goals scored 0.25

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

0% Wins 25%

0% Draws 50%

100% Losses 25%

100% Over 0.5 goals 75%

75% Over 1.5 goals 75%

75% Over 2.5 goals 75%

50% Over 3.5 goals 25%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

75% Both teams scored 75%

0% Clean sheets 25%

25% Failed to score 25%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 0%

25% Draws 75%

75% Losses 25%

75% Over 0.5 goals 50%

25% Over 1.5 goals 25%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

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

Preston all matches

1

D

2

1

W

2

L

1

2

L

3

2

W

1

3

L

1

2

L

1

3

L

1

L

1

3

L

Blackburn all matches

D

1

D

3

L

1

D

3

1

W

1

L

2

D

2

1

W

1

2

L

D

Preston before this match, at home

0.00points / match

1.00scored / match

3.00conceded / match

2

WonDrawnLost 2 played · 2:6

Blackburn before this match, away

1.00points / match

1.00scored / match

1.00conceded / match

2

WonDrawnLost 2 played · 2:2

Preston at home away Blackburn

Per match

1.00 Goals scored 1.00

3.00 Goals conceded 1.00

4.00 Total goals 2.00

1.29 xG created 0.54

1.70 xG allowed 1.71

15.50 Shots 9.00

3.00 Shots on target 3.50

14.00 Shots faced 18.00

5.00 Corners 6.00

3.00 Corners against 5.00

11.00 Fouls 13.50

3.00 Yellow cards 3.50

0.00 1st-half goals scored 0.50

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

0% Wins 0%

0% Draws 100%

100% Losses 0%

100% Over 0.5 goals 50%

100% Over 1.5 goals 50%

100% Over 2.5 goals 50%

100% Over 3.5 goals 50%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

100% Both teams scored 50%

0% Clean sheets 50%

0% Failed to score 50%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 0%

0% Draws 100%

100% Losses 0%

100% Over 0.5 goals 50%

0% Over 1.5 goals 50%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

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

Preston at home

1

W

2

D

2

L

1

3

L

3

1

W

1

D

2

L

1

3

L

1

3

L

1

3

L

Blackburn away

3

1

W

1

3

L

1

L

2

1

W

1

W

1

D

3

L

3

1

W

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.09.26	Preston – Bristol City	1–3 (0–1)	2.82	3.40	2.32	1.93	1.93
29.08.26	Charlton – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
22.08.26	Preston – Wolves	1–3 (0–1)	4.20	3.40	1.81	1.80	2.00
15.08.26	Bolton – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.30	2.00	1.85
02.05.26	Preston – Southampton	1–3 (0–1)	3.10	4.00	2.01	1.57	2.38
25.04.26	Sheffield United – Preston	2–3 (0–2)	1.57	4.50	4.33	1.67	2.20
22.04.26	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.09.26	Lincoln – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	3.10	1.93	1.93
29.08.26	Blackburn – QPR	1–2 (0–0)	2.50	3.30	2.65	2.00	1.80
22.08.26	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	2–1 (0–1)	3.50	3.40	2.01	2.00	1.85
14.08.26	Wolves – Blackburn	2–2 (1–1)	1.49	3.90	6.25	1.91	1.91
02.05.26	Blackburn – Leicester	0–1 (0–0)	2.10	3.50	3.20	1.80	2.00
22.04.26	Sheffield United – Blackburn	1–3 (0–3)	1.71	3.50	4.75	1.90	1.95
17.04.26	Blackburn – Coventry	1–1 (0–0)	4.10	3.25	1.91	2.10	1.73
14.04.26	Southampton – Blackburn	3–0 (2–0)	1.51	4.10	5.75	1.88	1.98
11.04.26	Stoke – Blackburn	1–1 (0–1)	2.57	3.25	2.65	2.20	1.67
06.04.26	Blackburn – West Brom	0–0 (0–0)	2.57	3.10	2.70	2.30	1.62

Preston at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.09.26	Preston – Bristol City	1–3 (0–1)	2.82	3.40	2.32	1.93	1.93
22.08.26	Preston – Wolves	1–3 (0–1)	4.20	3.40	1.81	1.80	2.00
02.05.26	Preston – Southampton	1–3 (0–1)	3.10	4.00	2.01	1.57	2.38
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
20.03.26	Preston – Stoke	3–1 (1–1)	2.45	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.73
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Preston – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.73
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

Blackburn away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.09.26	Lincoln – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	3.10	1.93	1.93
14.08.26	Wolves – Blackburn	2–2 (1–1)	1.49	3.90	6.25	1.91	1.91
22.04.26	Sheffield United – Blackburn	1–3 (0–3)	1.71	3.50	4.75	1.90	1.95
14.04.26	Southampton – Blackburn	3–0 (2–0)	1.51	4.10	5.75	1.88	1.98
11.04.26	Stoke – Blackburn	1–1 (0–1)	2.57	3.25	2.65	2.20	1.67
03.04.26	Birmingham – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.30	4.50	2.20	1.67
14.03.26	Millwall – Blackburn	1–2 (0–0)	1.66	3.50	5.25	2.20	1.67
11.03.26	Oxford – Blackburn	1–0 (1–0)	2.65	3.10	2.65	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Derby – Blackburn	3–1 (0–1)	2.10	3.30	3.30	2.20	1.67
14.02.26	QPR – Blackburn	1–3 (1–2)	2.15	3.10	3.25	2.20	1.67

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 5

Preston winsDrawsBlackburn wins

10matches

2.70goals / match

60%over 2.5

70%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.02.26E1	Blackburn – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.40	3.90	2.20	1.67
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 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
2	QPR	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
3	Charlton	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	10
4	Southampton	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	7
5	Wolves	4	2	1	1	11	8	+3	7
6	Middlesbrough	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
7	Bristol City	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
8	West Brom	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
9	Birmingham	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
10	Sheffield United	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
11	Millwall	4	2	0	2	6	8	-2	6
12	Wrexham	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
13	West Ham	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1	5
14	Blackburn	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
15	Watford	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
16	Bolton	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
17	Derby	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4
18	Lincoln	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	4
19	Cardiff	4	0	3	1	6	7	-1	3
20	Norwich	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	3
21	Portsmouth	4	1	0	3	5	8	-3	3
22	Stoke	4	1	0	3	4	9	-5	3
23	Burnley	4	0	2	2	5	10	-5	2
24	Preston	4	0	0	4	3	9	-6	0

Promotion to Premier League
Play-off semi-finals
Play-off quarter-finals
Relegation to League One

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
2	Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
3	Charlton	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
4	Wolves	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4
5	West Brom	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
6	Swansea	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
7	Sheffield United	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
8	Watford	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
9	QPR	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
10	Norwich	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
11	West Ham	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
12	Blackburn	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
13	Millwall	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
14	Bolton	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
15	Stoke	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
16	Bristol City	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	3
17	Birmingham	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
18	Burnley	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
19	Cardiff	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
20	Wrexham	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
21	Lincoln	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1
22	Derby	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3	1
23	Preston	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0
24	Portsmouth	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
2	QPR	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
3	Wrexham	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
4	Bristol City	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
5	Charlton	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
6	Birmingham	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
7	Portsmouth	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
8	Derby	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
9	Wolves	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
10	Lincoln	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
11	West Brom	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3
12	Millwall	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2	3
13	West Ham	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
14	Blackburn	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
15	Sheffield United	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
16	Cardiff	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	1
17	Bolton	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
18	Middlesbrough	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
19	Southampton	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
20	Watford	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1
21	Preston	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0
22	Norwich	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0
23	Burnley	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0
24	Stoke	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0

Preston Blackburn

Under / Over goals 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Wolves	4	0	4	2.8	2.0	2	1	1	11	8	7
2	2	QPR	4	1	3	1.8	0.8	3	1	0	7	3	10
3	4	Southampton	4	1	3	2.5	1.2	2	1	1	10	5	7
4	6	Middlesbrough	4	1	3	1.8	1.2	2	1	1	7	5	7
5	7	Bristol City	4	1	3	1.8	1.5	2	1	1	7	6	7
6	8	West Brom	4	1	3	1.8	1.5	2	1	1	7	6	7
7	11	Millwall	4	1	3	1.5	2.0	2	0	2	6	8	6
8	13	West Ham	4	1	3	2.0	1.8	1	2	1	8	7	5
9	14	Blackburn	4	1	3	1.2	1.2	1	2	1	5	5	5
10	17	Derby	4	1	3	1.2	1.8	1	1	2	5	7	4
11	19	Cardiff	4	1	3	1.5	1.8	0	3	1	6	7	3
12	20	Norwich	4	1	3	1.2	1.8	1	0	3	5	7	3
13	21	Portsmouth	4	1	3	1.2	2.0	1	0	3	5	8	3
14	22	Stoke	4	1	3	1.0	2.2	1	0	3	4	9	3
15	23	Burnley	4	1	3	1.2	2.5	0	2	2	5	10	2
16	24	Preston	4	1	3	0.8	2.2	0	0	4	3	9	0
17	1	Swansea	4	2	2	1.8	0.2	3	1	0	7	1	10
18	3	Charlton	4	2	2	1.5	0.8	3	1	0	6	3	10
19	9	Birmingham	4	2	2	1.2	1.0	1	3	0	5	4	6
20	10	Sheffield United	4	2	2	1.2	1.0	1	3	0	5	4	6
21	12	Wrexham	4	2	2	1.5	1.0	1	2	1	6	4	5
22	16	Bolton	4	2	2	1.0	1.2	1	1	2	4	5	4
23	18	Lincoln	4	2	2	0.8	1.2	1	1	2	3	5	4
24	15	Watford	4	3	1	1.0	1.2	1	2	1	4	5	5

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Southampton	2	0	2	4.0	1.0	2	0	0	8	2	6
2	5	Wolves	2	0	2	3.0	1.5	1	1	0	6	3	4
3	6	Middlesbrough	2	0	2	2.5	1.0	2	0	0	5	2	6
4	11	Millwall	2	0	2	1.5	1.5	1	0	1	3	3	3
5	13	West Ham	2	0	2	2.5	2.0	1	0	1	5	4	3
6	14	Blackburn	2	0	2	1.5	1.5	1	0	1	3	3	3
7	17	Derby	2	0	2	1.0	2.5	0	1	1	2	5	1
8	20	Norwich	2	0	2	2.5	1.5	1	0	1	5	3	3
9	24	Preston	2	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	0	2	2	6	0
10	2	QPR	2	1	1	1.0	0.5	1	1	0	2	1	4
11	3	Charlton	2	1	1	1.5	0.5	2	0	0	3	1	6
12	7	Bristol City	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	1	0	1	2	3	3
13	8	West Brom	2	1	1	2.0	1.0	1	1	0	4	2	4
14	9	Birmingham	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
15	10	Sheffield United	2	1	1	1.5	1.0	1	1	0	3	2	4
16	12	Wrexham	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	0	1	1	2	3	1
17	15	Watford	2	1	1	1.5	1.0	1	1	0	3	2	4
18	16	Bolton	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2	3
19	18	Lincoln	2	1	1	0.5	1.5	0	1	1	1	3	1
20	19	Cardiff	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
21	21	Portsmouth	2	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	0	2	1	5	0
22	22	Stoke	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2	3
23	23	Burnley	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
24	1	Swansea	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	1	1	0	2	0	4

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Swansea	2	0	2	2.5	0.5	2	0	0	5	1	6
2	2	QPR	2	0	2	2.5	1.0	2	0	0	5	2	6
3	5	Wolves	2	0	2	2.5	2.5	1	0	1	5	5	3
4	7	Bristol City	2	0	2	2.5	1.5	1	1	0	5	3	4
5	8	West Brom	2	0	2	1.5	2.0	1	0	1	3	4	3
6	19	Cardiff	2	0	2	1.5	2.0	0	1	1	3	4	1
7	21	Portsmouth	2	0	2	2.0	1.5	1	0	1	4	3	3
8	22	Stoke	2	0	2	1.0	3.5	0	0	2	2	7	0
9	23	Burnley	2	0	2	1.0	3.5	0	0	2	2	7	0
10	3	Charlton	2	1	1	1.5	1.0	1	1	0	3	2	4
11	4	Southampton	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	0	1	1	2	3	1
12	6	Middlesbrough	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	0	1	1	2	3	1
13	9	Birmingham	2	1	1	1.0	0.5	1	1	0	2	1	4
14	10	Sheffield United	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	0	2	0	2	2	2
15	11	Millwall	2	1	1	1.5	2.5	1	0	1	3	5	3
16	12	Wrexham	2	1	1	2.0	0.5	1	1	0	4	1	4
17	13	West Ham	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
18	14	Blackburn	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	0	2	0	2	2	2
19	16	Bolton	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	0	1	1	2	3	1
20	17	Derby	2	1	1	1.5	1.0	1	0	1	3	2	3
21	18	Lincoln	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2	3
22	20	Norwich	2	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	2	0	4	0
23	24	Preston	2	1	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	2	1	3	0
24	15	Watford	2	2	0	0.5	1.5	0	1	1	1	3	1

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.