Preston North End 3-1 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Preston North End 3-1 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Preston North End · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-1 Blackpool: match report

Preston North End beat Blackpool 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Brad Potts opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Brad Potts (12'), Ben Whiteman (26') and Thomas Cannon (51'). Blackpool scored through Jerry Yates (89').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 53 points from 38 and Blackpool 23rd on 35 points from 38. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Blackpool 24th with 44.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackpool in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Tom Cannon (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackpool.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
  • 21'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 26'Goal · Ben WhitemanPreston North End · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Thomas CannonPreston North End · 3-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 76'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool
  • 82'Yellow card · C. PatinoBlackpool
  • 89'Goal · Jerry YatesBlackpool · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. NelsonBlackpool

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 3, Blackpool 4.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Carreras, Troy Parrott, Tom Cannon

Blackpool line-up (3-4-2-1)

Chris Maxwell, Jordan Gabriel, Curtis Nelson, James Husband, Andy Lyons, Callum Connolly, Kenny Dougall, CJ Hamilton, Keshi Anderson, Jerry Yates, Morgan Rogers