Preston vs Blackburn 2-1
Preston beat Blackburn 2-1 at Deepdale in Championship Regular Season Round 5 on 5 September 2026. C. Lang scored for Preston in the 9th and 27th minutes, and S. Mills put through his own goal for Blackburn in the 51st minute. Blackburn enjoyed 67% possession and 11 corners to Preston's 3, but could not turn that control into a winner.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- C. Lang assist D. Burgzorg9'
- 25'Yuri Ribeiro · Yellow card
- C. Lang assist J. Thompson27'
- 40'Sam Morsy · Yellow card
- Delano Burgzorg · Yellow card42'
- 51'S. Mills · Own goal
- Stanley Mills · Yellow card52'
- C. Wiley for A. Vukcevic59'
- C. Lang for J. Kenny59'
- D. Burgzorg for J. Erabi59'
- 64'A. Forshaw for H. Carter
- 64'O. Afolayan for J. Fevrier
- Harry Clarke · Yellow card65'
- S. Mills for O. Offiah69'
- A. Devine for L. Gibbs74'
- 74'S. Morsy for H. Higgins
- Jordan Thompson · Yellow card88'
Match stats
Line-ups
Preston starting XI
- 1D. Iversen
- 4H. Clarke
- 14J. Storey
- 19L. Gibson
- 12C. Wiley
- 17S. Mills
- 27L. Leroy
- 15J. Thompson
- 7A. Devine
- 10C. Lang
- 37D. Burgzorg
Preston bench · coach Paul Heckingbottom
Blackburn starting XI
- 1A. Pears
- 31K. Montgomery
- 15S. McLoughlin
- 4Y. Ribeiro
- 2R. Alebiosu
- 28A. Forshaw
- 8S. Morsy
- 21O. Afolayan
- 25R. Morishita
- 10T. Cantwell
- 9A. Gudjohnsen
