Preston vs Blackburn Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd September 2024
Blackburn go up against Preston on Sunday for a Championship meeting at Deepdale.
A look at the Championship standings shows that seven points and 18 places currently separate the two teams.
Preston welcome their visitors from Blackburn with the aim of closing the gap in the Championship standings. A successful outcome could be crucial for their future endeavours this season.
Preston are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net three times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.3 goals per game, as they conceded 20 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.
Blackburn scored 16 goals, conceded 14 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Preston played against Blackburn. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.
Preston vs Blackburn Prediction
Preston Form
In their last three matches, Preston lost 3-1 against Oxford, drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough and recorded a 1-1 draw with Fulham. Preston won three of their previous six matches at Deepdale in the Championship. They drew zero and suffered three defeats, scoring eight goals to seven against.
It has the look of a season in which a relegation battle will play a major part for Preston, who naturally dream of extending their stay in the Championship.
Blackburn Form
Blackburn collected a single win and a draw in their past three outings, in which they were first defeated 1-2 against Blackpool. They followed up, drawing 1-1 with Burnley, before winning 3-0 against Bristol City. Blackburn managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Championship away matches, in which they scored 11 while also conceding nine times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.
The target for Preston this season has to be staying above the relegation zone in order to stay in the Championship.
Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Preston renew Blackburn their acquaintance.
Preston are looking at a record of one win, one draw and three defeats in the Championship this season. Blackburn have a record of three wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Championship.
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Preston vs Blackburn Stats
- Preston have lost 7 of the last 9 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Preston have lost 8 of the last 9 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 15 of the last 17 Preston matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Preston matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 12 Preston home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Blackburn matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Blackburn away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Blackburn matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Blackburn away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Blackburn matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
Preston vs Blackburn Squads
Preston Squad
Heckingbottom will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Blackburn from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):
David Cornell (0/0), Freddie Woodman (0/5), James Pradic (0/0), Andrew Hughes (0/5), Jack Whatmough (0/2), Jordan Storey (0/4), Kacper Pasiek (0/0), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (0/3), Kian Best (0/1), Liam Lindsay (0/4), Patrick Bauer (0/0), Alistair McCann (0/2), Ben Whiteman (0/5), Brad Potts (0/5), Duane Holmes (0/4), Josh Bowler (0/0), Kian Taylor (0/0), Kitt Nelson (0/0), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (1/4), Robert Brady (0/4), Ryan Ledson (0/3), Stefan Thordarson (0/4), Theo Mawene (0/0), Ched Evans (0/0), Emil Riis Jakobsen (1/5), Felipe (0/0), Jeppe Okkels (0/3), Layton Stewart (0/0), Milutin Osmajic (0/4), Sam Greenwood (0/5), Will Keane (1/3).
Blackburn Squad
Below is the full team squad of Blackburn. The manager Eustace will pick his starting XI against Preston from these players:
Aynsley Pears (0/5), Balazs Toth (0/0), Jack Barrett (0/0), Joe Hilton (0/0), Callum Brittain (0/4), Danny Batth (0/3), Dominic Hyam (0/5), Harry Pickering (0/3), Hayden Carter (0/5), Kyle McFadzean (0/0), Owen Beck (0/0), Scott Wharton (0/0), Amario Cozier-Duberry (0/0), Joe Rankin-Costello (1/3), John Buckley (0/2), Lewis Baker (0/0), Lewis Travis (1/5), Ryan Hedges (1/5), Sondre Tronstad (0/5), Todd Cantwell (0/1), Tyrhys Dolan (1/5), Zak Gilsenan (0/0), Andreas Weimann (2/5), Aodhan Doherty (0/0), Arnor Sigurdsson (1/2), Harry Leonard (0/0), Makhtar Gueye (0/4), Yuki Ohashi (4/5).
Preston vs Blackburn Team News
Blackburn just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Preston at the Deepdale. Scott Wharton is suspended from the Blackburn squad with too many penalty points to his name.
Preston vs Blackburn Lineups
Preston vs Blackburn H2H
Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday. Preston go into their upcoming match against Blackburn with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-3-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Preston vs Blackburn Results
Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Preston welcome Blackburn as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies on Sunday.
Preston vs Blackburn Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Will Keane will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Blackburn hope Yuki Ohashi can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Championship goals in his last six Championship games.
Preston claimed four wins, drew one and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Blackburn won four, drew four and lost two of their last 10 games away. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Preston managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at Deepdale, Blackburn kept their hosts from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.
Both teams scored eight times in the last ten encounters between Preston and Blackburn, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Preston scored 1.6 goals on average, while Blackburn pulled 1.7 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Preston’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Blackburn, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.2 times goals per game.