Match Info

Championship - Round 33

Date: 20 February 2026, Friday 🏁 Finished

Location: Ewood Park (Blackburn) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Backhouse A. (Eng)

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	Blackburn Rovers		Preston North End

	1	X	2
	2.05	3.4	3.5	Watch
	2.12	3.35	3.54	Watch
	2.11	3.33	3.86
	2.13	3.28	3.59	Watch
	2.1	3.2	3.3
	2.16	3.43	3.63	Watch
	2	3.33	4
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.1 ↑ (2.07)	3.33 ↓ (3.47)	3.63 ↑ (3.48)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Blackburn Rovers
45.3%

Draw
28.5%

Preston North End
26.2%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

45.6%

27.2%

27.1%

Our Initial ML Estimation

46.2%

26.8%

26.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Blackburn Rovers has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.3%)

Preston North End has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.9%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Blackburn Rovers than the current prediction. (+0.9%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Preston North End than the current prediction. (+0.5%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
57.7%	11.5%	30.8%

Blackburn Rovers - Preston North End Predictions

Users Predictions: 26 users predict this event. Blackburn will win (votes: 15 - 57.7%). Preston will win (votes: 8 - 30.8%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 11.5%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Blackburn: 38.7% – 76.7%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 2 Selected Experts predict this event. Blackburn (votes: 2 - 100%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

BTTS - yes (votes: 4 - 100%) 🥈 Silver Tip.

DC - Preston (1.76) (votes: 2 - 100%) .

O/U 2 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 4 Selected Experts predict this event. Blackburn (votes: 2 - 50%). Preston (votes: 2 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
22. Toth B. (G) 15. McLoughlin S. (C) 17. Carter H. 20. Cashin E. 2. Alebiosu R. 6. Tronstad S. 24. Baradji M. 3. Pickering H. 25. Morishita R. 29. Jorgensen M. 11. Gudjohnsen A.	13. Cornell D. (G) 16. Hughes A. 14. Storey J. 19. Gibson L. 3. Vukcevic A. 2. Valentin P. 8. McCann A. 4. Whiteman B. (C) 21. Devine A. 17. Dobbin L. 28. Osmajic M.
Substitutes
21. Afolayan O. 38. Atcheson T. 14. De Neve D. 28. Forshaw A. 35. Michalski N. (G) 31. Montgomery K. 23. Ohashi Y. 26. O'Riordan C. 4. Ribeiro Y.	9. Jebbison D. 10. Lang C. 18. Lewis J. 23. Moran A. 42. Offiah O. 26. Small T. 24. Smith M. 15. Thompson J. 12. Walton J. (G)
Coaches
O'Neill Mi.	Heckingbottom P.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
40', Carter H. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 0)
58', Valentin P. ↓, Small T. ↑,
58', Vukcevic A. ↓, Lewis J. ↑,
68', Gudjohnsen A. ↓, Ohashi Y. ↑,
69', Dobbin L. ↓, Lang C. ↑,
69', Osmajic M. ↓, Jebbison D. ↑,
70', Lang C. 🟨,
73', Hughes A. ↓, Offiah O. ↑,
84', Pickering H. ↓, Afolayan O. ↑,
84', Baradji M. ↓, Montgomery K. ↑,
90+1', Cashin E. 🟨,
90+5', 1 - 0, Ohashi Y. ⚽, Cashin E. (A),
90+7', Small T. 🟨,

Preview

Let's watch a game between a leader and an outsider (ranked 20 and 8).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Blackburn won 2.

Both teams are showing inconsistent performances lately.

Blackburn will hold a modest advantage in this match.

There will not play in Blackburn: Cantwell T. (Yellow Cards) Hedges R. (Injury) Litherland M. (Injury) Miller L. (Injury) Tavares S. (Knee Injury)

There will not play in Preston: Iversen D. (Groin Injury) Potts B. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Blackburn: Kargbo A. (Leg Injury) Wharton S. (Achilles Tendon Injury)

There are questionable in Preston: Brady R. (Calf Injury) Jebbison D. (Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Blackburn won 6 matches, drew 6 matches, lost 8 matches, and goals 30:32. (average 1.5:1.6).

Including home matches between the teams, Blackburn won 2 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 10:15. (average 1.1:1.7).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
10	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	19:16	3	18
24	Preston	12	1	2	9	10:25	-15	5

Outrights of English League Championship for now

Blackburn: 1.29% Preston: 0.66%

Last Results with these Odds

Preston North End - the odds 3.48 are the expected chance of winning is 27.14%, but this team recently wins 38% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Blackburn Rovers
English League Championship
14.02.26	Queens Park Rangers - Blackburn Rovers	1:3 ✺
07.02.26	Norwich City - Blackburn Rovers	2:0 ✺
03.02.26	Blackburn Rovers - Sheffield Wednesday	1:0 ✺
31.01.26	Blackburn Rovers - Hull City	0:1 ✺
24.01.26	Blackburn Rovers - Watford	1:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 7.4 WLWLT
- Preston North End
English League Championship
14.02.26	Preston North End - Watford	2:2 ✺
07.02.26	Preston North End - Portsmouth	1:0 ✺
31.01.26	Ipswich Town - Preston North End	1:1 ✺
24.01.26	Middlesbrough - Preston North End	4:0 ✺
20.01.26	Preston North End - Hull City	0:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.4 TWTLL

Latest Head to Head

English League Championship
21.11.25	Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers	1:2
31.01.25	Blackburn Rovers - Preston North End	2:1
22.09.24	Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers	0:0
17.02.24	Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers	2:2
10.11.23	Blackburn Rovers - Preston North End	1:2
22.04.23	Preston North End - Blackburn Rovers	1:1
10.12.22	Blackburn Rovers - Preston North End	1:4

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