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

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2020

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 January 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Adam Armstrong (3'). Preston North End scored through Josh Harrop (17').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 36 points from 26 and Preston North End 10th on 39 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Preston North End 9th with 66.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stewart Downing of Blackburn Rovers (7.6), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Josh HarropPreston North End · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Amari'i Bell, Lewis Travis, Josef Dvornik, Sam Gallagher, Lewis Holtby, Stewart Downing, Adam Armstrong

Preston North End expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Andrew Hughes, Ben Davies, Tom Clarke, Sean Maguire, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Paul Gallagher