Overview
- Lewis Miller headed Rovers in front, Preston’s Alfie Devine leveled within 80 seconds, and Andri Gudjohnsen nodded the winner just after the hour.
- The result denied Preston the chance to move into the automatic promotion places and marked their first league defeat since October 21.
- Blackburn’s surge continued with four wins in five, leaving them six points off the play-off spots after a poor start to the season.
- Pundit David Edwards condemned Rovers’ lapse for the instant equaliser, calling it “criminal” on Sky Sports News.
- Preston were without nine-game banned forward Milutin Osmajic and several injured players, while Blackburn absences included Scott Wharton and goalkeeper Balazs Toth.