Blackburn Rovers vs Preston Predictions & Tips

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Blackburn Rovers

Preston

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Draw

Reason for tip

Blackburn have slipped down the Championship table following three straight defeats but while Preston are improving, they are still difficult to trust on the road so expect honours to finish even at Ewood Park

23/10odds when tipped

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Draw 1-1

Reason for tip

With most of Blackburn’s recent Championship matches finishing with fewer goals, this looks likely to be another tight game, so go for a 1-1 final scoreline

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Makhtar Gueye to commit 3+ fouls

Gueye leads the way for Blackburn in terms of fouls this season, having committed 42. He makes 3.1 fouls per 90 minutes in the Championship this term and he’s committed three fouls or more in three of his previous four starts for Rovers.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden to commit 1+ fouls

Kesler-Hayden has committed a foul in five of his last six appearances for Preston. His tally of 17 isn’t huge, but with these two sides set to match-up with wing-backs, Kesler-Hayden should have a tough time against opposition number Ryan Hedges, who has drawn 33 fouls across 28 appearances this season.

Ryan Hedges to commit 2+ fouls

Hedges may be good at drawing fouls, but Kesler-Hayden has been fouled 40 times this season and he’s likely to draw a couple in an interesting battle down Blackburn’s left-flank. Welshman Hedges tends to make his fouls in bunches, so back him for a couple of fouls in an isolated battle out wide.

Stefan Thordarson to commit 1+ fouls

Icelandic midfielder Thordarson has been in and out of the Preston side, but he makes 1.3 fouls per 90 minutes for the visitors. He’s set to feature from the start here against Blackburn’s Lewis Travis and Adam Forshaw, who have drawn a combined 50 fouls this season. Thordarson has been booked in two of his previous four appearances, making five fouls in that time.

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Just three of Blackburn’s last 14 games have featured more than two goals
Only West Brom have drawn more games than Preston’s 13 in the Championship this season.
Only two of Preston’s last 14 league matches have been settled by a margin greater than one goal

Rovers in danger of losing ground

There are a whole host of Championship teams who look set to battle it out for two playoff places in the next few months, and Blackburn have lost much of initiative in the chase after three straight defeats.

The 3-0 win over Portsmouth has been Rovers’ only success in their last nine league games, but it is questionable whether Preston will have enough to leave Ewood Park with the points even though North End appear to be trending in the opposite direction.

Lilywhites not great on the road

The Lilywhites have pushed up to 15th in what is always a highly competitive division and make the short trip with their confidence boosted by successive victories over Watford and Middlesbrough.

However, that victory at Vicarage Road, which came courtesy of two goals from Milutin Osmajic, was only their second win in 19 Championship away games.

They have drawn five of their last ten matches on the road and have finished level in 13 of their 29 games this term, so another stalemate would not be a surprise.

With Rovers’ games tending to feature few goals, correct-score punters may be pointed to a 1-1 final result.