(1-0 Preston North End)| 24¹ | JONES headed over the bar. |
| 25¹ | SHORROCK dummied LOBOTKA but flicked the ball into the arms of the Preston North End 'keeper. |
| 27¹ | A corner was collected by ROGERS who nodded an effort over. |
| 28¹ | KEAN shot over. |
| 33¹ | LOBOTKA booked for a high tackle on SAMPSTED. |
| 33¹ | CARNESECCHI did well to hold onto a fierce strike from SAMPSTED. |
| 35¹ | ILIE brought the ball round SHORROCK and stroked a weak shot past the post. |
| 43¹ | A header by MARMOUSH at the near post was comfortably collected by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. |
| 47¹ | ILIE knocked the ball to MARMOUSH who flicked it over. |
| 3² | MARMOUSH rasped the ball through a ruck of players but TICKLE was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 6² | A clever cross from DONOVAN was blasted goalbound by SHORROCK only for the Preston North End 'keeper to claw away. |
| 10² | ROGERS's shot was well held by the 'keeper. |
| 27² | MARMOUSH was put clear by BONDO and he stepped inside TICKLE but rammed his shot wide. |
| 29² | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. |
| 33² | KEAN stroked a simple chance past the near post. |
| 39² | GOAL!! A great run from KEAN gave ROGERS space on the right and ILIE flicked in his pin-point pass. (2-0 Preston North End)| 40² | Uncertainty in the Preston North End defence enabled DONOVAN to crack the ball over. | |