Blackburn Rovers

Jon Dahl Tomasson and Ryan Lowe have named their starting lineups for this afternoon's Lancashire derby. Blackburn Rovers host Preston North End for a noon ...

Sam Gallagher and George Hirst both make the bench. Blackburn Rovers host Preston North End for a noon kick-off at Ewood Park, in front of the Sky Sports cameras. It's a month since both teams last played a Championship game and the Lilywhites have been hit hard with injuries.

Ched Evans scored twice, with Ben Woodburn and Ben Whiteman also on target for North End who were given a helping hand by some desperately poor Rovers defending ...

The game had been up for Rovers for some time though, with Rovers suffering a first home defeat in three months in the most disappointing of fashion. Things hadn’t improved from a Rovers point of view, still unable to gain a foothold in the game as Whiteman flashed a shot wide of the target in the 52nd minute. At the other end, Dom Hyam made a good block to deny Brad Potts as he got free of Wharton in the area, as the pattern of Rovers failing to clear their lines continued. Rovers were second best by a good margin, looking unsettled in and out of possession, with Preston much the hungrier. It is the first time since August that Rovers have suffered back-to-back defeats, and only a third Ewood loss of the season, but a worrying performance to follow up the disappointment of the Bradley Dack had pulled one back for Rovers to make it 2-1, with Jon Dahl Tomasson then making a double switch, but that had the opposite effect to the one he would have hoped as two goals in three minutes from North End added a comfortable look to the scoreline.

Lowe is without a host of regular first team players, with captain Alan Browne, Andrew Hughes, Ali McCann, Robbie Brady, Emil Riis and Sean Maguire all ...

[Freddie Woodman](/topic/freddie-woodman) starts in goal again, with Jordan Storey and Liam Lindsay in front of him as normal. [Ched Evans](/topic/ched-evans) as the lone striker – having scored three in his last two games. Lowe has named a youthful bench due to the injury circumstances, with Noah Mawene named on the bench for the first time, with Jacob Slater, Finlay Cross-Adair and Mikey O’Neill also named amongst the substitutes.

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Their record attendance was in a Blackburn match against Bolton Wanderers on March 2, 1929 in the FA Cup, as 62,522 people came to this stadium that has a capacity of 31,367 spectators. The designated stadium for this match is Ewood Park, located in the city of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. Of their last five games, they have won three and lost two. They are in the Top 10 of the table occupying the ninth place with 31 points, the same as Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Swansea City who are placed 6th, 7th and 8th, respectively. Preston have won one and the remaining match ended in a draw. His name is Ben Brereton, the 23-year-old center forward who already has nine goals and one assist in 21 games. They occupy the number three position with 36 points, just two points behind Sheffield Wednesday who is second and five points behind Burnley who is the leader. His name is Emil Riis, the 24-year-old center forward who has five goals in 21 games. Their last results are the same as those of their rivals: three wins and two defeats. Don't miss a single detail of the match update and commentary from VAVEL's coverage. PRESTON NORTH END GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, Ched Evans finally finds the net after several failed shots! Freddie Woodman; Álvaro Fernández, Gregory Cunningham, Benjamin Whiteman, Liam Lindsay, Ched Evans, Daniel Johnson, Jordan Storey, Ryan Ledson, Benjamin Woodburn, Brad Potts.

Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe is keen to claim the bragging rights in today's derby against Blackburn Rovers, as they look to return to Championship…

[Lancashire Post](https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/preston-north-end/preston-north-end-boss-wants-bragging-rights-with-lancashire-derby-against-blackburn-rovers-next-up-3947608), Lowe recognised the importance of the game: "It's a big derby game and we want to go there and entertain and get a result." [Preston North End](https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/category/preston-north-end-news/) manager Ryan Lowe is keen to claim the bragging rights in today’s derby against Blackburn Rovers, as they look to return to [Championship](https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/category/championship-news/) football with a positive result. However, considering Preston's poor record in derby games, he will be desperate for three points especially away at Ewood Park.

Ched Evans scores twice as Preston win at Blackburn and are now only two points behind their Lancashire rivals.

Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. - Home2 - Shots - Possession - 27Travis - 6Morton - 16Wharton - 5Hyam - 1Kaminski "You always need to stay together after a performance like that, but every situation that happened today was just not good enough. Didn't have enough players who were prepared to make runs forward.