Birmingham City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Birmingham City FC

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Preston North End FC

Sat 21 Jan 2023 · 15:00 UTC St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Hannibal Mejbri 32' Y

Tahith Chong 45' Y

Y 45' Robert Brady

Juninho Bacuna 79' Y

Lukas Jutkiewicz 90' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Birmingham City FC 15 games · Avg 1.9 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-01-21 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2022-09-03 Preston North End FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-01-15 Preston North End FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2021-09-25 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2021-01-20 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	Preston North End FC	H	1–2	L
17 Jan	Forest Green Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
14 Jan	Bristol City FC	A	2–4	L
02 Jan	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–3	L
30 Dec	Hull City AFC	H	0–1	L
27 Dec	Burnley FC	A	0–3	L

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	Birmingham City FC	A	2–1	W
14 Jan	Norwich City FC	H	0–4	L
07 Jan	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	3–1	W
02 Jan	Stoke City FC	A	1–0	W
29 Dec	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–2	L
26 Dec	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Preston North End FC
#1	Position	#24
29	Points	8
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 11
28	Scored	13
14	Conceded	30
+14	GD	-17
1.93	PPG	0.53
53%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts). Preston North End FC are 24th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

6/1

31-45

4/7

46-60

4/1

61-75

4/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

August Priske	6 G	1 A
Liam Millar	4 G	3 A
Jay Stansfield	4 G	1 A
Demarai Gray	3 G
Phil Neumann	2 G

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Birmingham City FC kicks off things out of here…
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ryan Lowe might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' GOAL! Ryan Ledson scores on 10.
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
16' Goal! Alan Browne scores his 38 goal in 393 matches.
21' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
26' It’s high time Ryan Lowe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
31' The home supporters are growing impatient. Birmingham City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
32' That is a Yellow card for Birmingham City FC. Hannibal Mejbri will be fuming at that decision.
37' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Birmingham City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
42' Over 42 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
45' The referee calls foul for Tahith Chong. He receives a Yellow card.
50' Preston North End FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
55' Reda Khadra needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
62' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Tahith Chong departs to be replaced by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
63' The supporters are chanting for Juninho Bacuna. He replaces Hannibal Mejbri on 63 minute.
68' With 1 assists to his name this season, Maxime Colin is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Preston North End FC.
69' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Liam Delap by Ched Evans on 69 minute.
74' Alistair McCann is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Preston North End FC tonight.
79' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Juninho Bacuna.
81' The Preston North End FC manager makes a substitution. Thomas Cannon departs to be replaced by Troy Parrott.
83' The England Lukas Jutkiewicz breaks the deadlock on 83 minutes. 1-2!
88' Preston North End FC make a change. Ben Woodburn trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Johnson on 88 minutes.
90' Birmingham City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Juninho Bacuna ↑ 62'
1
Neil Etheridge
11
Jordan Graham ↑ 88'
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 62'
3
George Friend ↑ 62'
42
Alfie Chang
19
Jordan James

Coach John Eustace

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Browne	3
Jay Stansfield	3
Sean Maguire	2
Patrick Bauer	2
August Priske	1
Maikel Kieftenbeld	1
Jacques Maghoma	1
Maxime Colin	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-01-21 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Preston North End FC L 2023-01-17 Forest Green Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2023-01-14 Bristol City FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC L 2023-01-02 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC L 2022-12-30 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Hull City AFC L 2022-12-27 Burnley FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L

Preston North End FC Form

2023-01-21 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-01-14 Preston North End FC 0–4 Norwich City FC L 2023-01-07 Preston North End FC 3–1 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2023-01-02 Stoke City FC 0–1 Preston North End FC W 2022-12-29 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2022-12-26 Preston North End FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.85 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.94 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC50% Draw26% Preston North End FC24%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.79

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Preston North End FC

50%

Birmingham City FC or Preston North End FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC41% Draw44% Preston North End FC15%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 0

10.6%

2 – 0

10.3%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

3 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

4.9%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

4.5%

4 – 0

2.9%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	18%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	24%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.