Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on September 22nd, 2024

Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers will play on September 22nd, 2024, Sunday at 11:00h (UTC), in a match counting for the Championship in England, check the Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Deepdale stadium, in the city of Preston, with a capacity for 23408 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers betting tip 2024/2025

Preston North End last match

Preston North End in its last official match drew (1-1) against Fulham, in a match valid for Carabao Cup. Coach P. Heckingbottom's lined up a 4-4-2 formation.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 3.75) in the end can be considered a positive result.

One of the best on the field of Preston North End was certainly Milutin Osmajić, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Blackburn Rovers last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Blackburn Rovers, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Bristol City team with a final score of 3-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.20.

Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Championship, where Preston North End was at 9th place while Blackburn Rovers occupied 16th place. Preston North End went in with a 3-1-4-2 formation while Blackburn Rovers opened their game with a 3-4-2-1 tactic.

In the 2023/2024 football season, these teams played against each other on 17-02-2024 in a battle-themed Championship match which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Blackburn Rovers thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Bristol City, Preston North End drew in a match against Fulham. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

comes into this game with 4 points, putting them in 21st place in the Championship. They are also encumbered with a negative balance, 3 losses, 1 win, and 1 draw.

Saddled with the same points against Sheffield Wednesday in position 20, in the 6th round.

Preston North End analysis

Preston North End have a negative goal difference, having after 5 rounds conceded 9 goals to opponents and scored 3. An average to improve.

Recent results have shown that Preston North End is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

his ball possession percentage is 45% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Blackburn Rovers and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Blackburn Rovers

Championship leaderboard now

The Blackburn Rovers team with 11 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.

Blackburn Rovers analysis

Currently, in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers sums 12 goals for and a total of 6 goals against, after 5 rounds played.

The Blackburn Rovers shooting average is not high, yet the accuracy of the strikers is extraordinary. If shots on target averaged only 4 per game, the team instead scored 2.4 goals per match. Basically, it scored a goal in 40% of attempts.

This is a top 5 team in the Championship that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Blackburn Rovers is a more offensive team than Preston North End, having 403 attacks vs. 323 from Preston North End, having scored 12 times, in comparison, Preston North End converted into goal 3 times.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Owen Beck, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Bristol City, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Blackburn Rovers

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Yuki Ohashi. The Attacker has already scored 4 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Blackburn Rovers, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Blackburn Rovers scores an average of 1.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Handicap Betting Tip

It is very clear the huge favoritism that Blackburn Rovers has for this match. The difference between the teams is big, and that should be evident in the final result. Therefore, a good bet for this clash is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 in favor of the visiting team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 3.3 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.6 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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