Preston North End's starting XI showed four changes for the Lancashire derby clash with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Greg Cunningham, Jordan Storey, Alan Browne and Daniel Johnson came into the side, this Cunningham's first start since he re-joined the Lilywhites.

Out of the team went Joe Rafferty, Paul Huntington, Jayson Molumby and Anthony Gordon.

Rafferty, Huntington and Molumby all dropped to the bench, with Everton loanee Gordon missing out on the squad with an injury.

placeholder image — Preston North End's Greg Cunningham

There was a switch of formation to 3-5-2, with Storey, Liam Lindsay in a three-man back line - Browne and Cunningham in the wing-back slots.

Tom Barkhuizen moved up front to partner Ched Evans.

Blackburn: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Branthwaite, Douglas, Travis, Davenport, Gallagher, Dack, Rothwell, Armstrong. Subs: Pears, Harwood-Bellis, Bell, Evans, Buckley, Downing, Elliott, Dolan, Brereton.

PNE: Iversen, Browne, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes, Cunningham, Whiteman, Ledson, Johnson, Barkhuizen, Evans. Subs: Ripley, van den Berg, Rafferty, Huntington, Gallagher, Molumby, Potts, Sinclair, Riis.

Referee: David Webb (Lancashire)

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