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EFL Championship - English Second Tier logoEFL Championship - English Second TierMatchday 5

Preston vs Blackburn 2-1

Preston crestPreston

2-1

FT

Blackburn crestBlackburn
  • Callum Lang9'
  • Callum Lang27'
  • Stanley Mills (OG)51'
Kick-off
Sat, 5 Sept 2026 · 11:30 (UTC)
Venue
Deepdale, Preston
Referee
A. Backhouse

Match timeline

  1. 89’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonJordan Thompson
  2. 74’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnHarvey Higgins ONSam Morsy OFF
  3. 74’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONAlfie Devine OFF
  4. 69’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonOdeluga Offiah ONStanley Mills OFF
  5. 65’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonHarry Clarke
  6. 64’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnJ. Fevrier ONOladapo Afolayan OFF
  7. 64’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnHayden Carter ONAdam Forshaw OFF
  8. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonAndrija Vukčević ONCaleb Wiley OFF
Show 9 earlier events
  1. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJohnny Kenny ONCallum Lang OFF
  2. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONDelano Burgzorg OFF
  3. 52’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonStanley Mills
  4. 51’Own goalBlackburn crestBlackburnStanley Mills3 – 0
  5. 42’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonDelano Burgzorg
  6. 40’Yellow cardBlackburn crestBlackburnSam Morsy
  7. 27’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum LangAssist: Jordan Thompson2 – 0
  8. 25’Yellow cardBlackburn crestBlackburnYuri Ribeiro
  9. 9’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum LangAssist: Delano Burgzorg1 – 0
  10. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Preston crestPrestonBlackburnBlackburn crest
  • 33%Possession67%
  • 8Shots12
  • 3Shots on Target5
  • 3Corners11
  • 11Fouls9
  • 1Offsides5
  • 5Saves1
  • 244Passes517
  • 4Yellow Cards2

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Preston crestPreston3 - 4 - 1 - 2

  1. 1Iversen
  2. 4Clarke
  3. 14Storey
  4. 19Gibson
  5. 17Mills
  6. 27Leroy
  7. 15Thompson
  8. 12Wiley
  9. 7Devine
  10. 10Lang
  11. 37Burgzorg

Substitutions

  1. 59’↑3 A. Vukčević↓12 C. Wiley
  2. 59’↑38 Johnny Kenny↓10 C. Lang
  3. 59’↑9 J. Erabi↓37 D. Burgzorg
  4. 69’↑24 O. Offiah↓17 S. Mills
  5. 74’↑20 L. Gibbs↓7 A. Devine

Unused substitutes 11 T. Small, 6 L. Lindsay, 23 A. Moran, 21 L. Nicholls

Coach P. Heckingbottom

Blackburn crestBlackburn4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Pears
  2. 2Alebiosu
  3. 28Forshaw
  4. 15McLoughlin
  5. 4Ribeiro
  6. 8Morsy
  7. 31Montgomery
  8. 25Morishita
  9. 10Cantwell
  10. 21Afolayan
  11. 9Guðjohnsen

Substitutions

  1. 64’↑11 J. Fevrier↓21 O. Afolayan
  2. 64’↑17 H. Carter↓28 A. Forshaw
  3. 74’↑45 Harvey Higgins↓8 Sam Morsy

Unused substitutes 53 F. Vare, 46 Michael Decandia, 30 J. Garrett, 37 Felix Goddard, 47 L. Houghton, 39 H. Pates

Coach Tony Mowbray

Match facts

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 5
Date
Sat, 5 Sept 2026
Kick-off
11:30 (UTC)
Venue
Deepdale, Preston
Referee
A. Backhouse
Preston coach
P. Heckingbottom
Blackburn coach
Tony Mowbray

League table

EFL Championship - English Second Tier

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#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Swansea crestSwansea8521+717
2West Ham crestWest Ham8431+1115
3Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough8431+415
4Wolves crestWolves7421+514
5West Brom crestWest Brom8422+214
16Blackburn crestBlackburn823309
23Preston crestPreston8116-74

Recent form

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Preston crest

Preston

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
Blackburn crest

Blackburn

  1. D
  2. W
  3. L
  4. D

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  • 2026ChampionshipPreston crestPreston2 - 1Blackburn crestBlackburn
  • 2026ChampionshipPreston crestPreston0 - 1Blackburn crestBlackburn
  • 2025ChampionshipPreston crestPreston1 - 2Blackburn crestBlackburn
  • 2025ChampionshipPreston crestPreston1 - 2Blackburn crestBlackburn
  • 2024ChampionshipPreston crestPreston0 - 0Blackburn crestBlackburn

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Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Preston crestPreston
W-D-L
0-0-4
Scored / match
0.8
Conceded / match
2.3
Blackburn crestBlackburn
W-D-L
1-2-1
Scored / match
1.3
Conceded / match
1.3

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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Preston beat Blackburn 2-1 in matchday 5 of the EFL Championship - English Second Tier at Deepdale, Preston.

Callum Lang 9', 27' and Stanley Mills (og) 51' scored for Preston.

Preston had 33% of the ball to Blackburn's 67%; the sides had 8 and 12 shots (3 and 5 on target).

The referee showed 6 yellow cards and no reds.

Match record

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 5
Kick-off
Venue
Deepdale, Preston
Referee
Anthony Backhouse
Match ID
cornerflick:match:preston-vs-blackburn-championship-2026-09-05

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17 events

  1. 9’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum LangAssist: Delano Burgzorg1 – 0
  2. 25’Yellow cardBlackburn crestBlackburnYuri Ribeiro
  3. 27’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum LangAssist: Jordan Thompson2 – 0
  4. 40’Yellow cardBlackburn crestBlackburnSam Morsy
  5. 42’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonDelano Burgzorg
  6. 51’Own goalBlackburn crestBlackburnStanley Mills3 – 0
  7. 52’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonStanley Mills
  8. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonAndrija Vukčević ONCaleb Wiley OFF
  9. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJohnny Kenny ONCallum Lang OFF
  10. 59’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONDelano Burgzorg OFF
  11. 64’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnJ. Fevrier ONOladapo Afolayan OFF
  12. 64’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnHayden Carter ONAdam Forshaw OFF
  13. 65’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonHarry Clarke
  14. 69’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonOdeluga Offiah ONStanley Mills OFF
  15. 74’SubstitutionBlackburn crestBlackburnHarvey Higgins ONSam Morsy OFF
  16. 74’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONAlfie Devine OFF
  17. 89’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonJordan Thompson