Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 31 Jan 2025

Blackburn Rovers
2-1 HT 1-0
Preston North End
📅31/01/2025 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-0 ✗ 2nd Score 1-0 ✗
England - Championship – 2024/2025

Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End Prediction — Model Probabilities

MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
39%
2.05
Draw
31%
3.04
Away
30%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.54
Over 2.5
40%
2.33
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
2.06
No
57%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
33%
2.28
2-3 Goals
40%
1.75
4-5 Goals
18%
4.95
6+ Goals
9%
30.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
3.01
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
6%
14.15
X/1
14%
4.51
X/2
15%
6.96
X/X
18%
3.77
2/1
8%
31.0
2/2
8%
5.84
2/X
7%
15.0
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
39%
Home Win
45%
-5.9pp
31%
Draw
29%
+1.5pp
30%
Away Win
26%
+4.4pp
60%
Under 2.5
61%
-1.0pp
40%
Over 2.5
39%
+1.0pp
43%
BTTS Yes
44%
-1.2pp
57%
BTTS No
56%
+1.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.

Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End — Team-Based Signals

PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Blackburn Rovers EU Bookmakers 49%
Head to Head
AWAY Preston North End EU Bookmakers 29%
+2% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / -4%
1.50/1.19 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.98/1.14
+5% / +1% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / +28%
55% Ball Possession 45%
13 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
350 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 266 · 72%
23.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.9
16.9 Crosses 14.8
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.2

Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings

H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Blackburn Rovers
1W-3D-2L
AWAY Preston North End
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.07 xG 1.07
52% Ball Possession 48%
10 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 4
324 Passes 266
76% Pass Accuracy 71%
21 Box Touches 23
12 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
The Meetings
22.09.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 0-0 HT 0-0 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers İNCL
17.02.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 2-2 HT 2-2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers İNCL
10.11.2023 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers 1-2 HT 0-1 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
22.04.2023 Preston North End Preston North End 1-1 HT 0-0 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers İNCL
10.12.2022 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers 1-4 HT 0-1 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
25.04.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 1-4 HT 1-3 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers İNCL

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End — Actual Match Statistics

RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Blackburn Rovers
2-1
AWAY Preston North End
1.79 xG 0.82
40% Ball Possession 60%
13 Total Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
236 Passes 370
74% Pass Accuracy 79%
24 Box Touches 22
15 Crosses 24
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Blackburn Rovers edged past Preston North End 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

We called this one close before kick-off — 39% / 31% / 30% — and on the day Blackburn Rovers made the difference. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (57%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Blackburn Rovers had 40% of the ball to Preston North End's 60%, shots finished 13-11, expected goals 1.79 to 0.82.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Preston North End led the recent series with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Blackburn Rovers and 1.67 for Preston North End.

What was the final score of Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End?

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Preston North End in the England - Championship on 31/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End?

Before kick-off our model rated a Blackburn Rovers win the most likely single outcome at about 39%, with the full match-result split Blackburn Rovers 39%, draw 31%, Preston North End 30%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Blackburn Rovers) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Blackburn Rovers) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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