Championship | Gameweek 30

Jan 31, 2025 at 8pm UK

Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire)

Blackburn vs Preston

Match preview

Blackburn's playoff push has hit a bit of a snag recently, with three straight losses against Oxford United, Coventry City and Bristol City.

In their most recent game against the Robins, Rovers went into half time on level terms after Andreas Weimann scored to cancel out Scott Twine's early opener.

But then Nakhi Wells scored in the 77th minute for Bristol City, which meant Blackburn lost narrowly. This was their third loss in four away league games.

This defeat means that John Eustace's team are now out of the playoffs, leaving them in seventh place with a two-point gap to the top six.

Rovers will now be back at Ewood Park, where they've had a bit of a disappointing run recently. They've won just one of their last five games (D1, L3), with that one being against Portsmouth earlier this month.

Having not won their last five games against Preston, Blackburn will head into Friday's match hoping to claim their first head-to-head win since easing to a 4-1 victory in April 2022.