Preston vs Birmingham

Final score: Preston 0-1 Birmingham in the Championship, October 21, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 3 wins for Preston, 2 draws, 5 wins for Birmingham.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 11
Venue: Deepdale, Preston
Form: LLLWL Preston
: DLWDD Birmingham

-5' Keshi Anderson
10' Michael Smith
12' Bright Osayi-Samuel
33' 0-1 P. Neumann · A. Cochrane
HT0-1
54' ▲ M. Leonard ▼ B. Osayi-Samuel
54' ▲ D. Gray ▼ L. Koumas
58' Tomoki Iwata
63' Marc Leonard
63' ▲ A. Devine ▼ A. Vukcevic
63' ▲ T. Small ▼ A. McCann
70' ▲ E. Cashin ▼ K. Anderson
70' ▲ L. Dykes ▼ T. Doyle
72' ▲ M. Osmajic ▼ D. Jebbison
83' ▲ L. Dobbin ▼ A. Hughes
85' ▲ A. Sampsted ▼ J. Stansfield
90'+5 Thierry Small
90'+5 Seung-Ho Paik
FT0-1

Line-ups

Preston Formation: 3-1-4-2 · Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

1D. Iversen 7.0
14J. Storey 7.3
19L. Gibson 8.3
16A. Hughes ▼ 83' 6.9
4B. Whiteman 7.9
42O. Offiah 6.9
8A. McCann ▼ 63' 6.6
5H. Armstrong 7.2
3A. Vukcevic ▼ 63' 7.3
9D. Jebbison ▼ 72' 6.6
24M. Smith 6.0

Substitutes 9

12J. Walton
6L. Lindsay
10M. Frokjaer-Jensen
17L. Dobbin ▲ 83' 6.3
20T. Carroll
21A. Devine ▲ 63' 6.6
22S. T. Thordarson
26T. Small ▲ 63' 7.2
28M. Osmajic ▲ 72' 6.5

Birmingham Formation: 4-1-4-1 · Coach: Christopher Paul Davies

25J. Beadle 7.5
26B. Osayi-Samuel ▼ 54' 6.5
5P. Neumann ⚽ 8.2
4C. Klarer 7.6
20A. Cochrane ⇢ 7.9
7T. Doyle ▼ 70' 7.2
30L. Koumas ▼ 54' 6.5
24T. Iwata 6.3
8Paik Seung-Ho 7.0
14K. Anderson ▼ 70' 6.2
28J. Stansfield ▼ 85' 6.2

Substitutes 9

21R. Allsop
41E. Cashin ▲ 70' 6.9
23A. Sampsted ▲ 85' 6.7
27K. Fujimoto
12M. Leonard ▲ 54' 6.9
17L. Dykes ▲ 70' 6.5
42D. Isichei
10D. Gray ▲ 54' 6.2
9K. Furuhashi

Statistics

02⚑9

⚑350

62%Possession38%

17Shots9

6Shots on target2

8Shots off target5

13Shots inside box6

4Shots outside box3

3Blocked shots2

9Corners3

2Offsides1

8Fouls14

2Yellow cards5

0Saves5

1.24Goals prevented1.24

463Passes290

379Accurate passes212

82%Pass accuracy73%

1.34Expected goals (xG)0.83

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	97 - 45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	80 - 47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	64 - 49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	82 - 56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	72 - 47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	70 - 66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	69 - 65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	67 - 59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	63 - 56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	57 - 56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	57 - 59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	59 - 59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	66 - 66	0	60
14	Preston	46	55 - 62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	61 - 73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	53 - 65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	51 - 56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	49 - 64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	44 - 58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	42 - 56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	48 - 58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	45 - 59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	58 - 68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	29 - 89	-60	0