Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2019-20

Preston North End FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Birmingham City FC

Sat 18 Jul 2020 · 14:00 UTC Deepdale Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Joshua Harrop 21' Y

Y 28' Ivan Sunjic

Paul Gallagher 52' Y

Y 67' Jude Bellingham

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Deepdale Stadium.

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Seb Stockbridge
Referee Steve Martin
Referee Geoff Russell
Referee Andrew Fox

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Preston North End FC 14 games · Avg 1.8 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-18 Preston North End FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2019-09-21 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Preston North End FC 2019-03-16 Preston North End FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC 2018-12-01 Birmingham City FC 3–0 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Birmingham City FC	H	2–0	W
15 Jul	Brentford FC	A	0–1	L
11 Jul	Nottingham Forest FC	H	1–1	D
08 Jul	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	3–1	W
04 Jul	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	0–0	D
01 Jul	Derby County FC	H	0–1	L

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Preston North End FC	A	0–2	L
15 Jul	Charlton Athletic FC	H	1–1	D
12 Jul	Stoke City FC	A	0–2	L
08 Jul	Swansea City AFC	H	1–3	L
04 Jul	Fulham FC	A	0–1	L
01 Jul	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	0–3	L

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Birmingham City FC
#23	Position	#10
4	Points	11
8	Played	8
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 5 / 1
8	Scored	12
15	Conceded	11
-7	GD	+1
0.50	PPG	1.38
13%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

36% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Preston North End FC is hosting Birmingham City FC for another epic battle.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Preston North End FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
20' Joe Rafferty, a Ireland , has 3 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
21' Joshua Harrop catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 21.
26' Over 26 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
28' Birmingham City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
33' Birmingham City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
38' Jude Bellingham is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Preston North End FC tonight.
43' Preston North End FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Patrick Bauer on 43.
48' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 48 minutes.
52' A moment of madness from Paul Gallagher on 52 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Preston North End FC will be frustrated.
57' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Preston North End FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
61' Ivan Sunjic makes way for Jeremie Bela at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Birmingham City FC.
66' Harlee Dean has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 6 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
67' Controversy at the stadium! Jude Bellingham argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
71' Birmingham City FC ring the changes. Daniel Crowley has done his job and it is now time for Caolan Boyd Munce to step up.
76' Preston North End FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
77' Preston North End FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sean Maguire is hanging Joshua Harrop on the field on 77 minute.
78' The supporters are chanting for Tom Barkhuizen. He replaces Daniel Johnson on 78 minute.
83' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Jayden Reid on, Scott Hogan off on 83 minutes.
87' GOAL! Brad Potts scores on 87.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Preston North End FC 2-0 Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alex Neil

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Lee Camp
4
Marc Roberts
5
Maxime Colin
12
Harlee Dean C
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz
20
Gary Gardner
3
Kristian Pedersen
40
Scott Hogan ↓ Jayden Reid 83'
7
Daniel Crowley ↓ Caolan Boyd Munce 71'
34
Ivan Sunjic ↓ Jeremie Bela 61'
22
Jude Bellingham

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Browne	3
Jay Stansfield	3
Sean Maguire	2
Patrick Bauer	2
Jayden Stockley	1
Scott Sinclair	1
Scott Hogan	1
Maikel Kieftenbeld	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2020-07-18 Preston North End FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC W 2020-07-15 Brentford FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2020-07-11 Preston North End FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D 2020-07-08 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–3 Preston North End FC W 2020-07-04 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2020-07-01 Preston North End FC 0–1 Derby County FC L

Birmingham City FC Form

2020-07-18 Preston North End FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2020-07-15 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Charlton Athletic FC D 2020-07-12 Stoke City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2020-07-08 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Swansea City AFC L 2020-07-04 Fulham FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2020-07-01 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Huddersfield Town AFC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.22 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC 72% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC44% Draw28% Birmingham City FC28%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.38

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	42%	58%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

56%

Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC26% Draw50% Birmingham City FC24%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14%

0 – 0

11.4%

1 – 0

10.1%

0 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

3.2%

1 – 3

2.9%

3 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	11%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	20%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	19%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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