Preston North End earned themselves another important three points at the weekend as they edged Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Sky Bet Championship.

At the start of this campaign, North End were blighted by injuries and form was suffering, but things have picked up now and a play-off spot isn't out of the question.

Indeed, they are on a good run of form at the moment and with the games coming thick and fast they could rack up a serious amount of points before the international break.

Up next, a clash with Middlesbrough and Alex Neil has used his press conference today to deliver some news concerning some of his players:

Some relatively positive news, then, though the club appears to be sweating a bit on some of the players at the club.

The Verdict

Preston have some important games coming up if they are to make the top six.

A trip to Middlesbrough is up next on Wednesday and that is never easy whilst the weekend will see them take on Birmingham.

They'll hope to have the trio available for both, then, but it remains to be seen exactly who will join Pearson in contention to start for these games.