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

Championship · Friday 31 January 2025

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 31 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 31 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Makhtar Gueye opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Makhtar Gueye (39') and Brad Potts (78'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 42 points from 29 and Preston North End 15th on 37 points from 29. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

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 Makhtar Gueye of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Danny Batth (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Makhtar GueyeBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · John BuckleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 2-1
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Jack WhatmoughPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 4, Preston North End 3.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Owen Beck, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Andreas Weimann, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Jayden Meghoma, Sam Greenwood, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Emil Riis