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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End · Championship

Blackburn Rovers beat Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End met in the Championship at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Friday, 31 January 2025.

Goalscorers

Blackburn Rovers: M. Gueye 39'; T. Cantwell 78'. Preston North End: B. Potts 90'.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Blackburn Rovers, 1 for Preston North End).

Line-ups

Blackburn Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Owen Beck, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Andreas Weimann, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye.

Preston North End started in a 3-4-1-2: Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Jayden Meghoma, Sam Greenwood, Mads Frøkjær, Emil Riis Jacobsen.

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Minute by minute

  1. 39'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Dolan.
  2. 45'Half-time. Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End.
  3. 78'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Preston North End. T. Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty.
  4. 90+3'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End. B. Potts (Preston North End) scores, assisted by S. T. Þórðarson.
  5. 90'Full-time. Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End.
  2. 3'Attempt blocked. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  3. 15'Attempt missed. E. R. Jacobsen (Preston North End), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  4. 24'Attempt missed. O. Beck (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.23.
  5. 30'Substitution, Preston North End: J. Whatmough comes on for J. Storey.
  6. 31'Attempt blocked. C. Brittain (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  7. 36'Attempt missed. R. Ledson (Preston North End), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  8. 39'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Dolan.
  9. 43'Attempt missed. R. Hedges (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  10. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  11. 45'Half-time. Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Preston North End.
  12. 46'The second half is under way.
  13. 46'Attempt missed. T. Dolan (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  14. 49'Attempt missed. D. Hyam (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  15. 50'Attempt blocked. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  16. 51'Attempt blocked. O. Beck (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  17. 55'Attempt missed. A. McCann (Preston North End), header from a set piece. xG 0.14.
  18. 63'Yellow card for J. Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) for foul.
  19. 64'Substitution, Preston North End: S. T. Þórðarson comes on for R. Ledson.
  20. 64'Substitution, Preston North End: B. Potts comes on for J. Meghoma.
  21. 68'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: T. Cantwell comes on for A. Weimann.
  22. 71'Attempt missed. S. Greenwood (Preston North End), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  23. 73'Attempt blocked. C. Brittain (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.01.
  24. 73'Attempt blocked. T. Dolan (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.06.
  25. 78'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Preston North End. T. Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty.
  26. 79'Substitution, Preston North End: C. Evans comes on for S. Greenwood.
  27. 79'Substitution, Preston North End: D. Holmes comes on for M. Frøkjær-Jensen.
  28. 81'Attempt missed. E. R. Jacobsen (Preston North End), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.12.
  29. 81'Attempt blocked. C. Evans (Preston North End), header from a set piece. xG 0.02.
  30. 82'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: J. Rankin-Costello comes on for L. Travis.
  31. 83'Attempt blocked. E. R. Jacobsen (Preston North End), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  32. 85'Attempt missed. C. Evans (Preston North End), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  33. 87'Attempt missed. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
  34. 89'Attempt saved. J. Whatmough (Preston North End), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
  35. 90'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: A. Forshaw comes on for R. Hedges.
  36. 90'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: D. Sanderson comes on for T. Dolan.
  37. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  38. 90+3'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End. B. Potts (Preston North End) scores, assisted by S. T. Þórðarson.
  39. 90+6'Attempt blocked. E. R. Jacobsen (Preston North End), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  40. 90+9'Yellow card for A. McCann (Preston North End) for argument.
  41. 90'Full-time. Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End.
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