Blackburn don't like playing against high pressing teams

According to a Preston fan on a podcast I listened to on the way home.

Looking at the stats from their match on Friday, they're fairly similar to our game on Sunday.

Bodes well for us.

 

Will Adam Armstrong play?

 

I assume so, he's been playing regularly. Although they do have 10 injuries according to flash scores.

 

Their game against Preston was on Sky. Their centre halves did struggle against Preston’s press, but on the flip side, having been 2-0 down after 40 odd mins they were a very good save away from being level at half time. Armstrong and possibly Gallagher have pace to get in behind us, and Dack and Elliot have the quality to find them if we go them the chance.

Blackburn are a bizarre side from what I’ve seen. They can be very good and they can be awful. But they can be very clinical even when they’re not playing well, like when we played them at Ewood. Friday was the best time to play them because they’ve made a mess of it every time they’ve got to 3 or 4 points of the play offs in the last three seasons.

 

I've listened to another podcast on my drive into work today. On there, they were saying how much Blackburn's key players are under performing at the minute (with the odd exception, Armstrong being one). Mowbray has a knack of getting the best out of players, but they think the job might just be too much for him now.

We've a run of games against teams who are injury hit and underperforming. Bristol City on Saturday, it seems there's never been a better time to face them either. Then Stoke, who have won once in 15.

 

Hope we can maintain the intensity.