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

Championship · Saturday 4 December 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 4 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 December 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from B. Brereton of Blackburn Rovers in the 53rd minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 5th on 33 points from 20 and Preston North End 18th on 25 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), ahead of Lewis Travis (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Preston North End's D-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 16'Yellow card · Tony MowbrayBlackburn Rovers
  • 53'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · J. van HeckeBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Emil RiisPreston North End
  • 68'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 83'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Preston North End 6.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Darragh Lenihan, Jan Paul van Hecke, Scott Wharton, Ryan Nyambe, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Harry Pickering, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Reda Khadra

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Matthew Olosunde, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Ched Evans, Emil Riis