Championship 26/27 · 5 Sep 2026

Preston North End 2–1 Blackburn Rovers

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Preston North End favourites at 44%.

Preston North End won and made the better chances: 1.5 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Callum Lang, 62.9 in 59′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Callum Lang Forward	59	2	0	0.96	62.9
Daniel Iversen Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	55.2
Liam Gibbs Midfielder	16	0	0	–	43.1
Delano Burgzorg Forward	59	0	1	0.27	39.6
Odeluga Offiah Defender	21	0	0	–	39.2
Harry Clarke Midfielder	90	0	0	–	38.0
Jusef Erabi Forward	31	0	0	0.05	36.9
Jordan Thompson Midfielder	90	0	1	0.14	36.2
Leo Leroy Midfielder	90	0	0	–	34.7
Stanley Mills Midfielder	69	0	0	–	33.8
Johnny Kenny Forward	31	0	0	–	33.0
Jordan Storey Defender	90	0	0	–	31.6
Caleb Wiley Defender	59	0	0	–	31.1
Alfie Devine Midfielder	74	0	0	0.11	29.2
Lewis Gibson Defender	90	0	0	–	27.6
Andrija Vukčević Defender	31	0	0	–	21.7

Player	Min	xG	Score
Hayden Carter Defender	26	–	55.1
Sean McLoughlin Defender	90	–	51.3
Aynsley Pears Goalkeeper	90	–	44.3
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward	90	0.03	42.9
Oladapo Afolayan Forward	64	0.04	40.2
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder	90	0.01	38.9
Kristi Montgomery Midfielder	90	–	38.5
Jayden Fevrier Forward	26	0.12	37.4
Adam Forshaw Midfielder	64	–	37.0
Sam Morsy Midfielder	74	0.02	36.6
Yuri Ribeiro Defender	90	0.08	33.0
Todd Cantwell Midfielder	90	0.11	27.6
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder	90	0.31	26.1