Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2019

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2019, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Daniel Johnson of Preston North End in the 8th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 44 points from 35 and Preston North End 12th on 48 points from 35. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rudd of Preston North End (8.8), ahead of Jordan Storey (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 60'Yellow card · Harrison ReedBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 90+2'Second yellow · Darnell FisherPreston North End

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 1, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Harrison Reed, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Dack, Danny Graham, Adam Armstrong

Preston North End line-up (4-1-4-1)

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Jordan Storey, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Lukas Nmecha, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Sean Maguire