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

Championship · 2021-22
Preston North End FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Birmingham City FC
Sat 15 Jan 2022 · 15:00 UTC Deepdale HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 56' Teden Mengi
Ben Whiteman 72' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

6
2
6
Preston North End FC 14 games · Avg 1.8 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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' Temperatures are rising at Deepdale as Preston North End FC face off against Birmingham City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ryan Lowe might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 25' The 32-year-old Kristian Pedersen has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 30' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 31' Alan Browne puts Preston North End FC on the lead.
  • 32' Brilliant from the midfielder! Alan Browne makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 32.
  • 37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 42' It’s high time Ryan Lowe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 47' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Brad Potts suffering a number of foals already.
  • 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Birmingham City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 56' The referee shows Birmingham City FC player a Yellow card on 56.
  • 61' Preston North End FC have won 420 goals from 383 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 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' Preston North End FC make a change. Brad Potts trudges off to be replaced by Tom Barkhuizen on 71 minutes.
  • 72' Poor challenge from Ben Whiteman. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 77' Daniel Johnson has been relatively quiet despite scoring 38 goals in his last 383 appearances.
  • 82' Ryan Woods gets the nod from Birmingham City FC. He replaces Ivan Sunjic and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 83' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Onel Hernandez exits the field as Scott Hogan enters on 83.
  • 86' Scott Hogan adds to his 0 season tally! Birmingham City FC lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 87' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Ched Evans by Scott Sinclair on 87 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lee Bowyer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Alan Browne 3
Jay Stansfield 3
Sean Maguire 2
Patrick Bauer 2
Scott Sinclair 1
Scott Hogan 1
Maikel Kieftenbeld 1
Jacques Maghoma 1

Head to Head

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

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
2 / 4
1.35 Preston North End FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.31 Birmingham City FC xG
I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Preston North End FC42% Draw27% Birmingham City FC31%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw
69%
Draw or Birmingham City FC
58%
Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Preston North End FC27% Draw47% Birmingham City FC26%
Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
9%
1 – 0
8.4%
0 – 1
8.2%
2 – 1
8%
1 – 2
7.8%
2 – 0
6.2%
0 – 2
5.9%
2 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
3.6%
1 – 3
3.4%
3 – 0
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap Preston North End FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 11% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 19% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 19% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

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