Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Tue 21 Oct 2025 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Preston North End FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship .

Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lewis Smith

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-21 Preston North End FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 2024-04-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Preston North End FC 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

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	0–1	L
18 Oct	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	1–2	L
04 Oct	Charlton Athletic FC	H	2–0	W
30 Sep	Hull City AFC	A	2–2	D
27 Sep	Bristol City FC	H	0–0	D
20 Sep	Derby County FC	A	1–0	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Preston North End FC	A	1–0	W
18 Oct	Hull City AFC	H	2–3	L
03 Oct	Wrexham AFC	A	1–1	D
30 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	2–2	D
27 Sep	Coventry City FC	A	0–3	L
20 Sep	Swansea City AFC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Birmingham City FC
#14	Position	#10
60	Points	64
46	Played	46
15 / 15 / 16	W / D / L	17 / 13 / 16
55	Scored	57
62	Conceded	56
-7	GD	+1
1.30	PPG	1.39
33%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

36% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC.
Another three points for Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jay Stansfield	3
Alan Browne	3
Patrick Bauer	2
Sean Maguire	2
Milutin Osmajic	1
Gary Gardner	1
Ibrahim Osman	1
Riley McGree	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2025-10-21 Preston North End FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC L 2025-10-18 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2025-10-04 Preston North End FC 2–0 Charlton Athletic FC W 2025-09-30 Hull City AFC 2–2 Preston North End FC D 2025-09-27 Preston North End FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2025-09-20 Derby County FC 0–1 Preston North End FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2025-10-21 Preston North End FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2025-10-18 Birmingham City FC 2–3 Hull City AFC L 2025-10-03 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2025-09-30 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2025-09-27 Coventry City FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2025-09-20 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.07 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.01 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Draw 68% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC36% Draw32% Birmingham City FC32%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	34%	66%
± 3.5	16%	84%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

64%

Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC

68%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC24% Draw54% Birmingham City FC22%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

14.9%

1 – 1

14.5%

1 – 0

12.1%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

2 – 2

3.7%

3 – 1

2.6%

3 – 0

2.4%

1 – 3

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	10%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	21%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	19%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

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