Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2021-22

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Birmingham City FC

Sat 15 Jan 2022 · 15:00 UTC Deepdale HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 56' Teden Mengi

Ben Whiteman 72' Y

Overview

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

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

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2020-10-31 Preston North End FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2020-07-18 Preston North End FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jan	Birmingham City FC	H	1–1	D
03 Jan	Stoke City FC	A	2–1	W
11 Dec	Barnsley FC	H	2–1	W
04 Dec	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	0–1	L
27 Nov	Fulham FC	H	1–1	D
23 Nov	Middlesbrough FC	A	2–1	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jan	Preston North End FC	A	1–1	D
02 Jan	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–2	L
18 Dec	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	0–4	L
11 Dec	Cardiff City FC	H	2–2	D
04 Dec	Millwall FC	A	1–3	L
27 Nov	Blackpool FC	H	1–0	W

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC has kicked off!
5' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Ryan Woods, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' Preston North End FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
25' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Ched Evans has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' Preston North End FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Birmingham City FC backline.
31' Alan Browne does the damage! The net is bulging and Preston North End FC surge ahead!
32' The deadlock is broken! Alan Browne gets on the scoresheet on 32 minutes.
37' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
42' Birmingham City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
47' Birmingham City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
52' A quiet spell here at Deepdale. Preston North End FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
56' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Teden Mengi.
61' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
66' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Preston North End FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
71' It is a substitution in Preston North End FC team. Brad Potts is replaced by Tom Barkhuizen on 71 minute.
72' Ben Whiteman was booked on 72.
77' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ryan Lowe might look to freshen things up shortly.
82' Ryan Woods gets the nod from Birmingham City FC. He replaces Ivan Sunjic and will look to change the dynamic.
83' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Onel Hernandez is replaced by Scott Hogan on 83 minute.
86' Scott Hogan adds to his 1 season tally! Birmingham City FC lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
87' Preston North End FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Scott Sinclair is hanging Ched Evans on the field on 87 minute.
It finishes all square. Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

44
Brad Potts ↓ Tom Barkhuizen 71'
3
Greg Cunningham
16
Andrew Hughes
11
Daniel Johnson
8
Alan Browne
4
Ben Whiteman
5
Patrick Bauer
9
Ched Evans ↓ Scott Sinclair 87'
12
Daniel Iversen
2
Sepp van den Berg
19
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↓ Sean Maguire 71'

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lee Bowyer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jay Stansfield	3
Alan Browne	3
Sean Maguire	2
Patrick Bauer	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	1
Ryan Ledson	1
Brad Potts	1
Milutin Osmajic	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2022-01-15 Preston North End FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2022-01-03 Stoke City FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2021-12-11 Preston North End FC 2–1 Barnsley FC W 2021-12-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2021-11-27 Preston North End FC 1–1 Fulham FC D 2021-11-23 Middlesbrough FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2022-01-15 Preston North End FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2022-01-02 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2021-12-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 4–0 Birmingham City FC L 2021-12-11 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D 2021-12-04 Millwall FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC L 2021-11-27 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackpool FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.12 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC34% Draw26% Birmingham City FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

66%

Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC20% Draw46% Birmingham City FC34%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

9.6%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 0

8.5%

0 – 2

8.3%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 3

4.9%

0 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

2 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	15%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	22%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	15%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

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