Preston North End 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023
Result
Preston North End 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Preston North End 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Preston North End drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Preston North End's goal came from an own goal by Dominic Hyam (90+4'). Blackburn Rovers scored through S. Szmodics (80').
Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 62 points from 43 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 64 points from 42. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.
Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Sammie Szmodics (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 59'Yellow card · Daniel Johnson
- 60'Yellow card · S. Szmodics
- 80'Goal · S. Szmodics
- 85'Yellow card · J. Rankin-Costello
- 90+4'Own goal · Dominic Hyam
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)
Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Joshua Onomah, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Carreras, Troy Parrott, Tom Cannon
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Adam Wharton, Sorba Thomas, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan