Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End
Championship | Ewood Park
Friday, 10 November 2023 @ 8.00pm
Blackburn Rovers host Preston North End on Friday at Ewood Park in the Championship.
In their last league match, on Sunday, Blackburn beat Norwich City 3-1 away, with goals from Samuel Szmodics (two) and Tyrhys Dolan.
Preston also won, 3-2 at home against Coventry City on Saturday, with Alan Browne, Duane Holmes and Milutin Osmajić on the scoresheet.
In Szmodics, Blackburn have the league's sharpest shooter so far this season. He has notched nine goals in 15 appearances.
His goal rate of one every 145 minutes is quicker than that of Will Keane, Preston's top scorer with a goal every 193 minutes, and a total of four goals in 12 games.
With 23 goals in 15 games so far this season, Rovers are scoring more than average in the league with 1.5 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 24 goals at a rate of 1.6 per game.
North End, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.
The Lilywhites are sixth in the table after 15 games, of which they have won seven and drawn four, earning 25 points.
The hosts are four places behind the away side in 10th, with seven wins and one draw putting them on 22 points.
Blackburn are in reasonable form in the Championship, with four wins and two losses from their last six games.
With a win and two draws over that period, Preston's form is much worse – they have taken five points from 18, compared to Blackburn's 12.
In the last five years, Blackburn and Preston have played each other on 10 occasions. Blackburn won three of them, Preston five, and they drew twice.
On average, Blackburn scored 1.5 goals and the Lilywhites 1.7 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on April 22, when they played out a 1-1 draw.