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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

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.