EFL Championship PREVIEW 5 Sep 2026: Pointless Preston host the Lancashire derby before Wrexham visit the leaders

Three games open the day at 12:30 BST, and the loudest is at Deepdale: Preston North End against Blackburn Rovers, a Lancashire derby between a home side still without a point and a visitor carrying a seven-man injury list that includes Harry Pickering, Scott Wharton and Yuki Ohashi. Paul Heckingbottom, after a fourth straight defeat, the 3-1 home loss to Bristol City, was blunt: "We've got the tools now.