Our prediction for this Championship match:
Blackburn Rovers
Match Time & Date:
04/12/2021
16:00
Prediction: 2-2
Preston
Blackburn Rovers and Preston take on each other at Ewood Park in the Championship round 21. The Riversiders aim to build on back-to-back wins over Peterborough United and Stoke City, and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach on Saturday afternoon. Daniel Ayala, who limped off with injury against the Posh, is a major doubt, as well as Joe Rothwell. The likes of Thomas Kaminski, Ian Poveda, and Bradley Dack, on the other hand, should miss out with injuries.
The Lillywhites came from behind to hold Fulham to a draw in their last league match. It is obvious that Preston have been showing signs of improvement of late, but beating Blackburn on the road is easier said than done. A close match is on the cards at Ewood Park, and we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. All Andrew Hughes, Joshua Murphy, Connor Wickham,
Highlighted Player (Lewis Holtby):
Lewis Holtby is a left-footed footballer who plays for Hamburg as a midfielder. Holtby began his senior career at Alemannia Aachen and he played for the club between 2007 and 2009. The German player then joined Schalke in 2009, but he was quickly sent to Bochum on loan.
After ending his loan spells with Bochum and Mainz, he returned to Schalke and it has to be noted that he made 55 goals for the club, scoring 10 goals in Bundesliga. On 28 January, 2013 Holtby signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur, but he was playing below expectations for the Premier League club.
In September, 2014 Holtby joined Hamburg on loan and on 1 July, 2015 he signed a permanent contract with the club. His contract with Hamburg expires on 30 June, 2018. Lewis Holtby has 24 caps for Germany U21 and he made his debut for German national team on 17 November, 2010 in a goalless draw with Sweden. He started the game, but he was substituted by Andre Schurrle after 77 minutes.
Highlighted Team (Preston):
Preston North End or Preston were founded in 1880. The Lilywhites or the Invincibles play their home games at Deepdale, the stadium that was built in 1875 and opened three years later.
In 1889 Preston won their first FA Cup trophy and they did well to beat Huddersfield Town in the final of the 1938 FA Cup final. However, the club’s biggest success came in 1889 and 1890 when they won back-to-back domestic trophies (First Division).
Preston have yet to win the League Cup title, but they were runners-up in 1888, 1922, 1937, 1954, 1964. Preston’s main rivals are Blackpool and the two teams square off against each other in the West Lancashire derby. In their first ever meeting in the West Lancashire derby (1901) Preston recorded a 4-1 win over Blackpool.
Burnley and Blackburn Rovers are considered Preston’s big rivals as well. The colour of Preston’s shirts is white and they wear dark blue shorts.
