Preston North End 1-4 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Monday 25 April 2022

Result

Preston North End 1-4 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Monday 25 April 2022, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

Preston North End · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-4 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-4 in the Championship on Monday 25 April 2022. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Alan Browne (29'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sam Gallagher (9'), J. Buckley (12'), Darragh Lenihan (37') and Lewis Travis (52').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 58 points from 43 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 63 points from 43. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Blackburn Rovers (8.7), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers
  • 9'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · J. BuckleyBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 21'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers
  • 29'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 1-2
  • 37'Goal · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers · 1-3
  • 38'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 52'Goal · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers · 1-4
  • 62'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 63'Yellow card · J. BuckleyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Sepp van den Berg, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, G. Cunningham, Emil Riis, Cameron Archer

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

Thomas Kaminski, Darragh Lenihan, Jan Paul van Hecke, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Ryan Hedges, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher