Championship · Matchweek 5
Preston North End
PRE
2–1Full time
Blackburn Rovers
BLA
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
36%Possession40%
35%Territory28%
43%From set plays33%
0.07Chance quality0.09
5.0%Directness5.6%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Preston, 3 for Blackburn. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Preston
No regular with a goal involvement yet.
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.