Blackburn Rovers vs Preston tips and predictions: Goals galore in Lancashire derby

Blackburn Rovers will be looking to continue their recent form against rivals Preston North End and we're backing there to be plenty of thrills and spills.

Suggested bets

Preston over 1.5 goals

Both teams to score

Over 3.5 goals

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Blackburn vs Preston verdict

While Blackburn Rovers have rediscovered their finest form, winning four of five in the Championship, early season pacesetters Preston have spluttered.

Last week’s 3-2 win over Coventry City is their only win in eight attempts and they remain winless on their travels since early November.

The one constant has been goals. Ryan Lowe's side found the net regularly in August but fortunes have flipped and they’re currently shipping 2.25 goals per game since then.

Ten miles down the road, back-to-back 1-0 scorelines will have come as a shock to the system of Rovers fans so used to seeing carnage and chaos.

The ball hit the net 32 times in Blackburn’s first seven games across all competitions, making for an average of 4.57 per game. 

Jon Dahl Tomasson has seen his side win 5-2 and 4-3 in the Carabao Cup while also losing 4-1 and 3-1 to Leicester and Sunderland.

Local affairs can be cagey, but these sides throw caution to the wind. The ball has hit the net 47 in 10 previous meetings with both teams scoring in all but two.

As an entirely pointless yet still fascinating aside that doesn’t impact this game, this fixture has averaged 3.5 goals dating back to 1946. Both teams have scored 46 times.

Not only have the visiting team avoided defeat in 10 of 14, Preston are unbeaten in 10 home and away. They might fancy their chances of getting back on track here.