Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End - 20 Feb 2026

Blackburn Rovers

Ewood Park

20 Feb 2026, 21:00

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Today

Preston North End

Away

Match summary

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Match statistics

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Line-ups

Blackburn Rovers

Formation will be available soon

Starting XI

Aynsley Pears #1
B. Toth #22
Felix Goddard #37
N. Michalski #35
C. O'Riordan #26
Dion De Neve #14
E. Cashin #20
George Pratt #43
Harry Pickering #3
Hayden Carter #17
L. Mullarkey #41
Lewis Miller #12
Matty Litherland #40
R. Alebiosu #2
S. McLoughlin #15
Scott Wharton #16
Tom Atcheson #38
Yuri Ribeiro #4
A. Kargbo #7
Adam Forshaw #28
Brandon Powell #44
Jake Garrett #30
K. Montgomery #31
M. Baradji #24
P. Henriksson #18
Sidnei Tavares #8
Sondre Tronstad #6
T. Cantwell #10
T. Gardner-Hickman #5
A. Doherty #47
A. Gudjohnsen #11
Igor Tyjon #32
Mathias Jørgensen #29
Nathan Dlamini #52
O. Afolayan #21
R. Morishita #25
Ryan Hedges #19
Y. Ohashi #23

Will not play

Ryan Hedges

Forward

Broken leg

Return: Early May 2026

Aynsley Pears

Goalkeeper

Wrist injury

Return: Early March 2026

Scott Wharton

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Early March 2026

Todd Owen Cantwell

Midfielder

Muscle injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Early March 2026

Lewis Miller

Defender

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Out for season

Augustus Kargbo

Midfielder

Calf injury

Return: Early March 2026

George Christopher John Pratt

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Early March 2026

Matthew Isaac Mark Litherland

Defender

Hamstring Injury

Return: Early March 2026

Manager

Michael O'Neill

Blackburn Rovers

Formation will be available soon

Starting XI

Aynsley Pears #1
B. Toth #22
Felix Goddard #37
N. Michalski #35
C. O'Riordan #26
Dion De Neve #14
E. Cashin #20
George Pratt #43
Harry Pickering #3
Hayden Carter #17
L. Mullarkey #41
Lewis Miller #12
Matty Litherland #40
R. Alebiosu #2
S. McLoughlin #15
Scott Wharton #16
Tom Atcheson #38
Yuri Ribeiro #4
A. Kargbo #7
Adam Forshaw #28
Brandon Powell #44
Jake Garrett #30
K. Montgomery #31
M. Baradji #24
P. Henriksson #18
Sidnei Tavares #8
Sondre Tronstad #6
T. Cantwell #10
T. Gardner-Hickman #5
A. Doherty #47
A. Gudjohnsen #11
Igor Tyjon #32
Mathias Jørgensen #29
Nathan Dlamini #52
O. Afolayan #21
R. Morishita #25
Ryan Hedges #19
Y. Ohashi #23

Will not play

Ryan Hedges

Forward

Broken leg

Return: Early May 2026

Aynsley Pears

Goalkeeper

Wrist injury

Return: Early March 2026

Scott Wharton

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Early March 2026

Todd Owen Cantwell

Midfielder

Muscle injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Early March 2026

Lewis Miller

Defender

Cruciate ligament injury

Return: Out for season

Augustus Kargbo

Midfielder

Calf injury

Return: Early March 2026

George Christopher John Pratt

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Early March 2026

Matthew Isaac Mark Litherland

Defender

Hamstring Injury

Return: Early March 2026

Manager

Michael O'Neill

Preston North End

Formation will be available soon

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
David Cornell #13
J. Walton #12
A. Hughes #16
Andrija Vukcevic #3
B. Potts #44
Ed Nolan #36
J. Storey #14
Jamal Lewis #18
L. Lindsay #6
Lewis Gibson #19
Oddel Offiah #42
Pol Valentín #2
Thierry Small #26
A. McCann #8
Alfie Devine #21
Andy Moran #23
B. Whiteman #4
J. Thompson #15
K. Nelson #34
N. Mawene #35
R. Brady #11
C. Lang #10
Daniel Jebbison #9
G. Gryba #30
Lewis Dobbin #17
M. Ayodele #31
M. Osmajić #28
Michael Smith #24
Miloš Luković #22

Will not play

Bradley Michael Potts

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Robbie Brady

Midfielder

Calf injury

Return: Unknown

Daniel Lønne Iversen

Goalkeeper

Groin injury

Return: Early March 2026

Manager

Paul Heckingbottom

Head-to-head

24 matches

Blackburn Rovers

Wins

Draws

Wins

Preston North End

Championship2025 • 2 matches

Championship2024 • 2 matches

Championship2023 • 2 matches

Championship2022 • 2 matches

Championship2021 • 2 matches

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	32	18	8	6	66:36	+30	62	WLLDW
2	Middlesbrough	32	18	7	7	50:33	+17	61	WWWWL
3	Millwall	32	16	8	8	41:37	+4	56	LWDWW
4	Ipswich Town	30	15	9	6	51:29	+22	54	WWLDW
5	Hull City	31	16	6	9	50:43	+7	54	WWWDL
6	Preston North End	33	12	13	8	40:36	+4	49	LDWDD
7	Derby County	32	13	9	10	47:39	+8	48	WDWLW
8	Wrexham AFC	32	12	12	8	46:41	+5	48	DWWLD
9	Bristol City	32	13	8	11	45:40	+5	47	LWLWD
10	Southampton	32	12	10	10	48:44	+4	46	WDWWW
11	Birmingham City	32	12	10	10	43:39	+4	46	WDWWD
12	Watford	32	11	12	9	41:38	+3	45	DLDLD
13	Queens Park Rangers	32	12	8	12	43:46	-3	44	DLWDL
14	Stoke City	32	12	7	13	34:29	+5	43	LDLDL
15	Sheffield Utd	32	13	3	16	45:45	0	42	WDWLW
16	Swansea City	32	12	6	14	38:39	-1	42	WLWWL
17	Norwich City	32	11	6	15	42:42	0	39	WWLWW
18	Charlton Athletic	32	10	9	13	31:41	-10	39	LWDWL
19	Portsmouth	31	9	9	13	30:40	-10	36	DWLLW
20	Blackburn Rovers	33	9	9	15	30:41	-11	36	LWLWD
21	West Brom	32	9	7	16	32:47	-15	34	LDLDD
22	Leicester	32	10	8	14	44:51	-7	32	DLLLL
23	Oxford United	32	6	10	16	28:44	-16	28	WLLDL
24	Sheffield Wed	32	1	8	23	19:64	-45	-7	LLLLL

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

TBD

Venue:

Ewood Park

Capacity:

31 367

Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.