Preston North End 2–1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · 2026/27

Championship·Full time

Preston North EndPreston North End

2–1

HT 2–0

Saturday 5 September at 12:30

Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers

Deepdale · Referee: A. Backhouse

Preston North End · 4-4-2

1D. Iversen
12C. Wiley
19L. Gibson
14J. Storey
4H. Clarke
7A. Devine
15J. Thompson
27L. Leroy
17S. Mills
37D. Burgzorg
10C. Lang

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

  1. 1D. Iversen

Defence

  1. 12C. Wiley
  2. 19L. Gibson
  3. 14J. Storey
  4. 4H. Clarke

Midfield

  1. 7A. Devine
  2. 15J. Thompson
  3. 27L. Leroy
  4. 17S. Mills

Attack

  1. 37D. Burgzorg
  2. 10C. Lang

Bench

  • 11T. Small
  • 3A. Vukčević
  • 9J. Erabi
  • 20L. Gibbs
  • 38Johnny Kenny
  • 6L. Lindsay
  • 23A. Moran
  • 21L. Nicholls
  • 24O. Offiah

Blackburn Rovers · 4-2-3-1

1A. Pears
4Yuri Ribeiro
15S. McLoughlin
31Kristi Montgomery
2R. Alebiosu
8Sam Morsy
28A. Forshaw
21O. Afolayan
10T. Cantwell
25R. Morishita
9A. Guðjohnsen

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

  1. 1A. Pears

Defence

  1. 4Yuri Ribeiro
  2. 15S. McLoughlin
  3. 31Kristi Montgomery
  4. 2R. Alebiosu

Midfield

  1. 8Sam Morsy
  2. 28A. Forshaw
  3. 21O. Afolayan
  4. 10T. Cantwell
  5. 25R. Morishita

Attack

  1. 9A. Guðjohnsen

Bench

  • 17H. Carter
  • 53F. Vare
  • 46Michael Decandia
  • 11J. Fevrier
  • 30J. Garrett
  • 37Felix Goddard
  • 45Harvey Higgins
  • 47L. Houghton
  • 39H. Pates