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

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 20 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers defeated Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 20 February 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Yuki Ohashi of Blackburn Rovers in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 21st on 35 points from 32 and Preston North End 8th on 48 points from 32. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eiran Cashin of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), ahead of Andrew Hughes (7.4).

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

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