England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers, taking place on Saturday, 17 February 2024, at Deepdale in Preston.
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Preston North End, Recent FormPreston North End will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-1 home win against Middlesbrough. Their share of possession in that meeting was 38%, while racking up 7 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Middlesbrough, who had 20 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Manager Ryan Lowe will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but so far this season, they have conceded at least one goal in 15 of their 16 games at Deepdale.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
When it comes to home matches at Deepdale, Will Keane will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 5 league goals for Preston North End in their last 6 home games.
Blackburn Rovers, Recent FormThe Blackburn Rovers players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Birmingham City recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. They came away from that fixture with a 47% share of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Birmingham City, who managed 18 attempts on goal, 3 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 8 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 11, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have failed to record a clean sheet in their last 14 games.
Blackburn Rovers will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form on the road. They've lost their last 6 league games in a row away from home and not recorded a win on their travels in 6 games.
On an individual basis, Sammie Szmodics will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 17 goals in Blackburn Rovers' 31 league games this season.
Blackburn Rovers suffered the disappointment of a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Preston North End the last time they met in the league.
The Preston defence has struggled against The Riversiders in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 9 games. Goals come easy for Blackburn when they travel to The Lilywhites, having recorded 8 goals in their past 3 visits and an impressive average of 2.67 goals per match.
In the league, Blackburn have not won any of their last 3 meetings with Preston.
Alan Browne has scored in each of Preston's last 2 league games against Blackburn.
With only Kian Best (Ankle) and Duane Holmes (Sprained knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Ryan Lowe will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
John Eustace has a number of injury concerns in his Blackburn squad to contend with: John Buckley (Shoulder), Hayden Carter (Hamstring) and Harry Pickering (Hamstring)
Preston North End Playing at home | Blackburn Rovers Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.7 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 37' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 34' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 5-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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