Blackburn 1:0 Preston: Championship Match Result

Championship

Blackburn LDLLWD

1:0

Finished

Kick-off was 20 Feb, 20:00 UTC

Preston LLWLLD

Venue: Ewood Park City: Blackburn

In the Championship game on 20 February 2026, Blackburn beat Preston 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 3:2, corners 5:3.

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00

Shots on target 3 – 2

Shots off target 5 – 0

Expected goals 1.03 – 0.12

🟨 40' H. Carter — Yellow card ⇄ 58' P. Valentin — Substitution ⇄ 58' A. Vukcevic — Substitution ⇄ 67' A. Gudjohnsen — Substitution ⇄ 69' L. Dobbin — Substitution ⇄ 69' M. Osmajic — Substitution 🟨 70' C. Lang — Yellow card ⇄ 73' A. Hughes — Substitution ⇄ 84' H. Pickering — Substitution ⇄ 84' M. Baradji — Substitution 🟨 90+1' E. Cashin — Yellow card ⚽ 90+5' Y. Ohashi — Goal 🟨 90+7' T. Small — Yellow card

Match events

40' 0:0 Blackburn Yellow card H. Carter
58' 0:0 Preston Substitution P. Valentin off: T. Small
58' 0:0 Preston Substitution A. Vukcevic off: J. Lewis
67' 0:0 Blackburn Substitution A. Gudjohnsen off: Y. Ohashi
69' 0:0 Preston Substitution L. Dobbin off: C. Lang
69' 0:0 Preston Substitution M. Osmajic off: D. Jebbison
70' 0:0 Preston Yellow card C. Lang
73' 0:0 Preston Substitution A. Hughes off: O. Offiah
84' 0:0 Blackburn Substitution H. Pickering off: O. Afolayan
84' 0:0 Blackburn Substitution M. Baradji off: K. Montgomery
90+1' 0:0 Blackburn Yellow card E. Cashin
90+5' 1:0 Blackburn Goal Y. Ohashi assist: E. Cashin
90+7' 1:0 Preston Yellow card T. Small

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00

3 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 0

1.03 Expected goals 0.12

1 Big chances 0

77 Attacks 90

5 Corners 3

8 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 8

2 Offsides 0

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 9

29 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

25/4654% Aerial duels 21/4646%

57 Backward passes 61

5 Blocked shots 1

31 Clearances 45

6/2722% Crosses 3/1817%

5/683% Dribbles 3/743%

0.95 Expected assists 0.71

99 Failed passes 105

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

11 Interceptions 7

10 Key passes 3

22/7330% Long passes 24/7034%

89 Passes into the final third 69

261 Passes in the opposition half 278

133 Passes in own half 213

0.23 Shot accuracy 0.67

4 Shots from outside the box 0

9 Shots inside the box 3

5/771% Tackles 7/7100%

367 Total passes 473

Line-ups

Blackburn

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Balázs Tóth	22
15	Sean McLoughlin	15
17	Hayden Carter	17
20	Eiran Joe Cashin	20
2	Ryan Alebiosu	2
3	Harry Pickering	3
6	Sondre Bjorvand Tronstad	6
24	M. Baradji	24
11	Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen	11
25	Ryoya Morishita	25
29	Mathias Jørgensen	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
35	Nicholas Jake Michalski	35
4	Yuri Ribeiro	4
14	Dion De Neve	14
26	Connor O'Riordan	26
38	Tom Atchison	38
28	Adam John Forshaw	28
31	Kristi Montgomery	31
21	Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	21
23	Yuki Ohashi	23

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Preston

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	David Cornell	13
3	Andrija Vukčević	3
14	Jordan Ben Storey	14
16	Andrew Martyn Hughes	16
19	Lewis Gibson	19
2	Pol Valentín Sancho	2
4	Benjamin Whiteman	4
8	Alistair Edward McCann	8
21	Alfie Devine	21
17	Lewis Norman Dobbin	17
28	Milutin Osmajić	28

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Jack James Walton	12
18	Jamal Lewis	18
26	Thierry Small	26
42	Odeluga Joshua Offiah	42
15	Jordan Andrew Thompson	15
23	Andrew Moran	23
9	Daniel David Jebbison	9
10	Callum Joseph Lang	10
24	Michael Smith	24