Summary

  • Preston win 100th league meeting of the two Lancashire rivals

  • Preston climb to 10th, level on points with Blackburn, after win at Ewood Park

  • Both sides are six points behind Championship play-off places

  • Stunning Cunningham strike and Lindsay header enough for Preston

  • Blackburn respond with Armstrong penalty

  • Saturday's EFL programme decimated by freezing weather - 15 games already off

  • Get involved at #bbcefl

Live Reporting

Jay Freeman

  1. Blackburn 0-0 Preston

    The hosts win another free-kick in the Preston half and Barry Douglas offloads to Adam Armstrong who's in space on the edge of the box.

    He tries to send a shot away but it's well blocked by the visitors.

  2. Blackburn 0-0 Preston

    Blackburn win a free-kick on the left flank around 30 yards out.

    It's sent into the box from Barry Douglas towards Darragh Lenihan at the far post but he diverts the ball out for a goal kick.

  3. KICK-OFF

    Blackburn 0-0 Preston

    We are under way at what looks like a chilly Ewood Park.

    One of the oldest rivalries in football, this. Let's hope it's a good one.

  4. The view from the ground

    Blackburn v Preston (19:45 GMT)

    Andy Bayes
    Reporter, BBC Radio Lancashire

    This is a game that perhaps isn’t the biggest derby for either side but means a lot to many Lancastrians.

    Both clubs with proud histories, this is the 100th league meeting between them.

    Harvey Elliott is left out of Rovers starting eleven, as he was for the derby at Deepdale in November.

    A surprise that North End revert to a back three. Jordan Storey starting a league game for the first time since late November.

  5. Team news

    Blackburn v Preston (19:45 GMT)

    The visitors make four changes to their side this evening as Alan Browne, Jordan Storey, Greg Cunningham and Daniel Johnson come in for Joe Rafferty, Paul Huntington, Jayson Molumby and Anthony Gordon.

    Preston: Iversen, Lindasy, Browne, Johnson, Storey, Hughes, Whiteman, Ledson, Evans, Barkhuizen, Cunningham.

    Subs: Ripley, Van den Berg, Rafferty, Huntington, Gallagher, Molumby, Potts, Sinclair, Riis.

  6. Team news

    Blackburn v Preston (19:45 GMT)

    The hosts make two changes to face Preston as Barry Douglas and Bradley Dack come in for Amari'i Bell and Harvey Elliott.

    Blackburn: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Branthwaite, Douglas, Travis, Davenport, Rothwell, Dack, Gallagher, Armstrong.

    Subs: Pears, Harwood-Bellis, Bell, Evans, Downing, Buckley, Elliott, Dolan, Brereton.

  7. Listen along on BBC local radio

    Blackburn v Preston (19:45 GMT)

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  8. Welcome

    Blackburn v Preston (19:45 GMT)

    Ewood ParkRex Features

    Are you cold? It's not just me, is it? It's properly cold right now. Bitter, some would say.

    As I put an extra layer on as the ancient storage heater in front of me chugs out the last bit of heat it has left, there is another way to warm up.

    With a derby in the Championship, that's how. Blackburn and Preston will be heating things up in just a few minutes' time.