Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Preston North End FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Birmingham City FC

Tue 19 Sep 2023 · 18:45 UTC Deepdale HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 46' Jay Stansfield

Krystian Bielik og 51' 1–1

Milutin Osmajic 67' 2–1

Jack Whatmough 48' Y

Milutin Osmajic 68' Y

Y 72' Juninho Bacuna

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)

Match Details

Referee Dean Whitestone
Assistant 1 Daniel Leach
Assistant 2 Jonathan Hunt

8 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game

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

2023-09-19 Preston North End FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 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

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Birmingham City FC	H	2–1	W
16 Sep	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	2–1	W
02 Sep	Stoke City FC	A	2–0	W
26 Aug	Swansea City AFC	H	2–1	W
19 Aug	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–0	W
12 Aug	Sunderland AFC	H	2–1	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	1–2	L
16 Sep	Watford FC	A	0–2	L
02 Sep	Millwall FC	H	1–1	D
26 Aug	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	2–1	W
19 Aug	Bristol City FC	A	2–0	W
12 Aug	Leeds United 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' And we are off! Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Montenegro international Milutin Osmajic has been a key figure this campaign — 4 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
15' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
20' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
30' Birmingham City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
35' A quiet spell here at Deepdale. Birmingham City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
45' The 34-year-old Gary Gardner has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
46' Jay Stansfield puts Birmingham City FC on the lead.
48' Jack Whatmough is having his name booked by the referee on 48.
51' Ali McCann makes way for Robbie Brady at the 51 minute mark. A tactical switch from Preston North End FC.
51' The deadlock is broken! Krystian Bielik gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
52' Andrew Hughes gets the nod from Preston North End FC. He replaces Jack Whatmough and will look to change the dynamic.
57' Birmingham City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
62' Preston North End FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
67' Milutin Osmajic doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
68' Ryan Ledson makes way for Ben Whiteman at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Preston North End FC.
68' Preston North End FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
71' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Ivan Sunjic exits the field as Juninho Bacuna enters on 71.
72' A meaty challenge results in booking for Juninho Bacuna on 72.
77' Preston North End FC ring the changes. Milutin Osmajic has done his job and it is now time for Mads Frokjaer-Jensen to step up.
82' Scott Hogan is replacing Keshi Anderson for the Birmingham City FC side.
87' Jack Whatmough has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 386 appearances.
88' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Krystian Bielik by Gary Gardner on 88 minute.
With this win, Preston North End FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

26
Jack Whatmough ↓ Andrew Hughes 52'
25
Duane Holmes
6
Liam Lindsay
44
Brad Potts
18
Ryan Ledson ↓ Ben Whiteman 68'
14
Jordan Storey
8
Alan Browne
13
Alistair McCann ↓ Robbie Brady 51'
–
Milutin Osmajic ↓ Mads Frokjaer-Jensen 77'
1
Freddie Woodman
–
Liam Millar

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jay Stansfield	3
Alan Browne	3
Sean Maguire	2
Patrick Bauer	2
Jacques Maghoma	1
Maxime Colin	1
Che Adams	1
Lukas Jutkiewicz	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2023-09-19 Preston North End FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC W 2023-09-16 Preston North End FC 2–1 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2023-09-02 Stoke City FC 0–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-08-26 Preston North End FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC W 2023-08-19 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Preston North End FC W 2023-08-12 Preston North End FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-09-19 Preston North End FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2023-09-16 Watford FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2023-09-02 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Millwall FC D 2023-08-26 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W 2023-08-12 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Leeds United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.08 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC 75%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC34% Draw25% Birmingham City FC41%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 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

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC19% Draw46% Birmingham City FC35%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

0 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

8.7%

0 – 0

8.3%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

5.9%

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 2

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	14%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	22%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

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