Preston North End 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 24 November 2020

Result

Preston North End 0-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 24 November 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 November 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Preston North End did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Adam Armstrong (45', penalty), B. Brereton (53') and Tyrhys Dolan (76').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 16 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 15 points from 12. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 57.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), ahead of Darragh Lenihan (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

22'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
36'Yellow card · Tom TrybullBlackburn Rovers
44'Red card · Joe RaffertyPreston North End
45'Penalty goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
53'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
76'Goal · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers · 0-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 11 Jan 2020
Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 26 Oct 2019
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 9 Mar 2019
Preston North End 4-1 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 24 Nov 2018
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Preston North EndChampionship · 18 Mar 2017
Preston North End 3-2 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 10 Dec 2016

Team news

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Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers · injury (Calf Injury)
L. MoultPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
G. CunninghamPreston North End · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Andrew HughesPreston North End · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Daniel ButterworthBlackburn Rovers · injury (Back Injury)
Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers · injury (Ankle Surgery)

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Paul Huntington, Joe Rafferty, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Tom Barkhuizen, Daniel Johnson, Scott Sinclair, Emil Riis

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

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Scott Wharton, B. Douglas, Lewis Holtby, Tom Trybull, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Díaz