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# Preston 2-1 Blackburn

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 5 Sept 12:30
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 5
- **Venue:** Deepdale, Preston

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 9' | Normal Goal | Callum Lang (Delano Burgzorg) | Preston |
| 25' | Yellow Card | Yuri Ribeiro | Blackburn |
| 27' | Normal Goal | Callum Lang (Jordan Thompson) | Preston |
| 40' | Yellow Card | Sam Morsy | Blackburn |
| 42' | Yellow Card | Delano Burgzorg | Preston |
| 51' | Own Goal | Stanley Mills | Blackburn |
| 52' | Yellow Card | Stanley Mills | Preston |
| 59' | Substitution 1 | Caleb Wiley (on for Andrija Vukčević) | Preston |
| 59' | Substitution 2 | Callum Lang (on for Johnny Kenny) | Preston |
| 59' | Substitution 3 | Delano Burgzorg (on for Jusef Erabi) | Preston |
| 64' | Substitution 1 | Oladapo Afolayan (on for J. Fevrier) | Blackburn |
| 64' | Substitution 2 | Adam Forshaw (on for Hayden Carter) | Blackburn |
| 65' | Yellow Card | Harry Clarke | Preston |
| 69' | Substitution 4 | Stanley Mills (on for Odeluga Offiah) | Preston |
| 74' | Substitution 3 | Sam Morsy (on for Harvey Higgins) | Blackburn |
| 74' | Substitution 5 | Alfie Devine (on for Liam Gibbs) | Preston |
| 89' | Yellow Card | Jordan Thompson | Preston |

## Statistics

| Stat | Preston | Blackburn |
|------|--------|--------|
| Passes accurate | 160 | 420 |
| Shots insidebox | 5 | 6 |
| Shots outsidebox | 3 | 6 |
| Blocked Shots | 2 | 2 |
| Free Kicks | 8 | 11 |
| Shots on Goal | 3 | 5 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 5 | 1 |
| Shots off Goal | 3 | 5 |
| Offsides | 1 | 5 |
| Total passes | 243 | 514 |
| Total Shots | 8 | 12 |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 2 |
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 11 |
| Fouls | 11 | 8 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 33% | 67% |

## Preston Lineup (4-4-2)

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

**Substitutes:** T. Small (11), A. Vukčević (3), J. Erabi (9), L. Gibbs (20), Johnny Kenny (38), L. Lindsay (6), A. Moran (23), L. Nicholls (21), O. Offiah (24)


## Blackburn Lineup (4-2-3-1)

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

**Substitutes:** H. Carter (17), F. Vare (53), Michael Decandia (46), J. Fevrier (11), J. Garrett (30), Felix Goddard (37), Harvey Higgins (45), L. Houghton (47), H. Pates (39)