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

Match Details

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

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

Preston North End FC 15 games · Avg 1.9 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
#24	Position	#1
8	Points	29
15	Played	15
2 / 2 / 11	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 2
13	Scored	28
30	Conceded	14
-17	GD	+14
0.53	PPG	1.93
13%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Preston North End FC host Birmingham City FC — let the battle begin!
5' England international Ryan Ledson has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 3 assists in the Array this season.
10' Brad Potts has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 25 cards already picked up this season.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Preston North End FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Preston North End FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
21' Joshua Harrop catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 21.
26' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Andrew Hughes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
28' Birmingham City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 28.
33' Birmingham City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
38' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
43' GOAL! Patrick Bauer fires home to make it 1-0!
48' Harlee Dean has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
52' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Paul Gallagher.
57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Birmingham City FC winning 100% of all matches.
61' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Ivan Sunjic exits the field as Jeremie Bela enters on 61.
66' The 26-year-old Caolan Boyd Munce has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
67' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jude Bellingham on 67 minutes.
71' Another change for Birmingham City FC made on 71 minute. Daniel Crowley leaves to be changed by Caolan Boyd Munce.
76' Jayden Stockley needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 21 Yellow cards this season.
77' Sean Maguire has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joshua Harrop on 77 minute.
78' Time for substitution for Preston North End FC. Daniel Johnson is replaced by Tom Barkhuizen.
83' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Scott Hogan is replaced by Jayden Reid.
87' Goal! Brad Potts scores his 34 goal in 398 matches.
Another three points for Preston North End 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
Jay Stansfield	3
Alan Browne	3
Patrick Bauer	2
Sean Maguire	2
Brad Potts	1
Milutin Osmajic	1
Gary Gardner	1
Ibrahim Osman	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

2 / 4

1 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC 73% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC36% Draw27% Birmingham City FC37%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

63%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

64%

Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC19% Draw49% Birmingham City FC32%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

0 – 1

11.5%

0 – 0

10.8%

0 – 2

8.9%

1 – 2

8.8%

1 – 0

7.5%

2 – 1

2 – 2

4.4%

1 – 3

4.3%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 3

2.2%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	15%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	23%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	14%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

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