Championship

Championship | Gameweek 30

Jan 31, 2025 at 8pm UK

Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire)

Blackburn
2 - 1
Preston

Gueye (39'), Cantwell (78' pen.)
Buckley (63')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Potts (90+3')
Whatmough (90+9')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn
Saturday, January 25 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 2-1 Middlesbrough
Saturday, January 25 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 43.43%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 28.54% and a draw had a probability of 28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.51%) and 2-1 (8.45%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 0-1 (10.07%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.04%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Blackburn Rovers would win this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Preston North End
43.43% ( 0.27)	28.04% ( 0.15)	28.54% ( -0.42)

Both teams to score 45.72% (

-0.63)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.09% (

-0.68)

59.91% (

0.68)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.83% (

-0.52)

80.17% (

0.52)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.62% (

-0.17)

27.38% (

0.17)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.15% (

-0.23)

62.85% (

0.23)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.96% (

-0.71)

37.04% (

0.71)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.17% (

-0.71)

73.83% (

0.7)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 43.42%

Preston North End 28.53%

Draw 28.03%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Preston North End
1-0 @ 13.13% ( 0.27) 2-0 @ 8.51% ( 0.13) 2-1 @ 8.45% ( -0.03) 3-0 @ 3.67% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 3.65% ( -0.03) 3-2 @ 1.81% ( -0.05) 4-0 @ 1.19% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 1.18% ( -0.02) Other @ 1.83% Total : 43.42%	1-1 @ 13.04% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 10.14% ( 0.25) 2-2 @ 4.2% ( -0.1) Other @ 0.65% Total : 28.03%	0-1 @ 10.07% ( 0.07) 1-2 @ 6.48% ( -0.12) 0-2 @ 5% ( -0.06) 1-3 @ 2.15% ( -0.08) 0-3 @ 1.66% ( -0.05) 2-3 @ 1.39% ( -0.06) Other @ 1.79% Total : 28.53%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Preston

Blackburn Rovers

39.9%

Draw

14.7%

Preston North End

45.5%

Head to Head

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Preston

0-0

Blackburn

Whiteman (26'), Hughes (47'), Osmajic (89'), Potts (90+4')
Greenwood (42')

Carter (7'), Tronstad (61'), Cantwell (85'), Weimann (86'), Hyam (90+5')
Beck (89')

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Preston

2-2

Blackburn

Brady (39'), Riis Jakobsen (43')

Szmodics (7'), Gallagher (23')

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Blackburn

1-2

Preston

Szmodics (49')

Browne (35'), Lindsay (90')
Whiteman (72')

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Preston

1-1

Blackburn

Hyam (90+4' og.)

Szmodics (80')

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Blackburn

1-4

Preston

Dack (55')

Woodburn (16'), Evans (47', 63'), Whiteman (65')

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Form Guide

Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn

Blackburn 0-2 Coventry

Oxford Utd 1-0 Blackburn

Blackburn 3-0 Portsmouth

Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn

Blackburn 0-1 Burnley

Preston 2-1 Middlesbrough

Watford 1-2 Preston

Luton 0-0 Preston

Preston 2-1 Charlton

Preston 1-1 Oxford Utd

West Brom 3-1 Preston

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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