Preston vs Birmingham

Championship · Oct 21, 2025 · 18:45

Final score: Preston 0–1 Birmingham

Standings

• Preston: #14 · 60 Pts · 46 P (15W 15D 16L)
• Birmingham: #10 · 64 Pts · 46 P (17W 13D 16L)

Recent form

Preston

• L Oct 18, 2025: West Brom 2–1 Preston
• W Oct 4, 2025: Preston 2–0 Charlton
• D Sep 30, 2025: Hull City 2–2 Preston
• D Sep 27, 2025: Preston 0–0 Bristol City
• W Sep 20, 2025: Derby 0–1 Preston

Birmingham

• L Oct 18, 2025: Birmingham 2–3 Hull City
• D Oct 3, 2025: Wrexham 1–1 Birmingham
• D Sep 30, 2025: Birmingham 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday
• L Sep 27, 2025: Coventry 3–0 Birmingham
• W Sep 20, 2025: Birmingham 1–0 Swansea

Head-to-head

• 2026-04-22T18:45:00+00:00: Birmingham 2–1 Preston
• 2025-10-21T18:45:00+00:00: Preston 0–1 Birmingham
• 2024-04-01T14:00:00+00:00: Birmingham 1–0 Preston
• 2023-09-19T18:45:00+00:00: Preston 2–1 Birmingham
• 2023-01-21T15:00:00+00:00: Birmingham 1–2 Preston

Match events

• -5' Card Yellow Card — Keshi Anderson (Birmingham)
• 10' Card Yellow Card — Michael Smith (Preston)
• 12' Card Yellow Card — Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham)
• 33' Goal Normal Goal — P. Neumann (Birmingham) (assists: A. Cochrane)
• 54' subst Substitution 1 — B. Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham) (assists: M. Leonard)
• 54' subst Substitution 2 — L. Koumas (Birmingham) (assists: D. Gray)
• 58' Card Yellow Card — Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham)
• 63' Card Yellow Card — Marc Leonard (Birmingham)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — A. Vukcevic (Preston) (assists: A. Devine)
• 63' subst Substitution 2 — A. McCann (Preston) (assists: T. Small)
• 70' subst Substitution 3 — K. Anderson (Birmingham) (assists: E. Cashin)
• 70' subst Substitution 4 — T. Doyle (Birmingham) (assists: L. Dykes)
• 72' subst Substitution 3 — D. Jebbison (Preston) (assists: M. Osmajic)
• 83' subst Substitution 4 — A. Hughes (Preston) (assists: L. Dobbin)
• 85' subst Substitution 5 — J. Stansfield (Birmingham) (assists: A. Sampsted)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Thierry Small (Preston)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Seung-Ho Paik (Birmingham)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 6 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 8 — 5
• Total Shots: 17 — 9
• Blocked Shots: 3 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 13 — 6
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 3
• Fouls: 8 — 14
• Corner Kicks: 9 — 3
• Offsides: 2 — 1
• Ball Possession: 62% — 38%
• Yellow Cards: 2 — 5
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 0 — 5
• Total passes: 463 — 290
• Passes accurate: 379 — 212
• Passes %: 82% — 73%
• expected_goals: 1.34 — 0.83
• goals_prevented: 1.24 — 1.24

Injuries

Preston

• R. Brady — Calf Injury (Missing Fixture)
• W. Keane — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• B. Potts — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Thompson — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• P. Valentin — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)

Birmingham

• L. Buchanan — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. Ducksch — Calf Injury (Missing Fixture)
• E. Laird — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Robinson — Red Card (Missing Fixture)
• W. T. Willumsson — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• S. Wright — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)