Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 12 February 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 12 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 12 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-2.

Greg Cunningham opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Adam Armstrong (45+1', penalty). Preston North End scored through Greg Cunningham (19') and Liam Lindsay (43').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 39 points from 27 and Preston North End 12th on 36 points from 28. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Lindsay of Preston North End (7.8), level with G. Cunningham (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Greg CunninghamPreston North End · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Liam LindsayPreston North End · 0-2
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 84'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Lewis HoltbyBlackburn Rovers · injury (Tear in a joint capsule)
  • Patrick BauerPreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Lewis Travis, Jacob Davenport, Sam Gallagher, Bradley Dack, Joe Rothwell, Adam Armstrong

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Ben Whiteman, G. Cunningham, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Ched Evans