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 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lewis Smith

5 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

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
#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' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Preston North End FC and Birmingham City FC.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

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

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

3 / 4

0.97 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC29% Draw31% Birmingham City FC40%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	20%	80%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

71%

Preston North End FC or Birmingham City FC

69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC19% Draw51% Birmingham City FC30%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

12.3%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.6%

0 – 2

8.5%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

6.1%

2 – 0

4.6%

2 – 2

4.1%

1 – 3

3.7%

0 – 3

3.7%

3 – 1

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%	16%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	23%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	13%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

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