Preston and Blackburn meet at Deepdale on Saturday morning in a Championship Regular Season fixture that finds the two clubs in starkly contrasting positions. Preston sit 24th — the bottom of a 24-team table — with no points from their opening four matches, while Blackburn occupy 13th place with five points from the same number of fixtures. The gap between them in the table currently stands at five points.
Preston have not yet taken a point this season, with four defeats from four leaving them in the bottom two. Their run of poor form stretches further back: they have lost each of their last five matches across all recorded results, accumulating zero points in that spell. Their last five fixtures have brought defeats to Southampton, Bolton, Wolves, Charlton and Bristol City.
Blackburn arrive in the middle of a more measured run. They have taken five points from their last five matches, a sequence that includes a win over Middlesbrough, draws against Wolves and Lincoln, and defeats to Leicester and QPR. Their overall Championship record reads one win, two draws and one defeat, with five goals scored and five conceded.
The head-to-head record between these two clubs offers no particular comfort for the hosts. The meeting on 21 November 2025 ended in a Blackburn win, with Preston losing 2-1 at home. The fixture on 20 February 2026 also ended in a Blackburn victory, 1-0. The visitors have therefore won both recent meetings between the pair.
Preston's position as one of two clubs in the bottom two of the Championship, with a record of no wins and no points from four matches, places Saturday's fixture in sharp focus for the home side. Blackburn, sitting mid-table, arrive at Deepdale with the more settled footing of the two.