Birmingham City vs Preston North End · Championship
Birmingham City
16-12-16
2 – 1
FT
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Preston North End
14-15-15
St. Andrew's Stadium · Birmingham · England
Birmingham City took the points with a 2-1 win over Preston North End at St. Andrew's Stadium (crowd 23,798). Jay Stansfield got the deciding goal at the 10-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Ibrahim Osman scored after 16 minutes; a goal from Andrew Hughes at the 25-minute mark cut it to 2-1. The ball split 50% to 50% and the shots 16 to 18. From 16 shots, Preston found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- St. Andrew's Stadium · Birmingham · England
- Crowd
- 23,798
- Referee
- Ben Toner
- Birmingham form
- DWWWL
- Preston form
- DLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
11Fouls9
0Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
5Offsides2
3Corner Kicks3
4Saves3
49.6%Possession50.4%
18Shots16
5On Goal6
30%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
210Accurate Passes190
316Passes310
70%Pass Completion %60%
3Accurate Crosses6
16Crosses23
20%Cross %30%
76Long Balls87
20Accurate Long Balls22
30%Long Balls %30%
10Blocked Shots3
5Effective Tackles8
8Tackles13
60%Tackle %60%
3Interceptions4
48Effective Clearances49
48Clearances49
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
84'
🔁Michael Smithreplacing Lewis Dobbin
78'
🔁Robbie Bradyreplacing Andrija Vukcevic
73'
🔁Thierry Smallreplacing Pol Valentín
73'
🔁Daniel Jebbisonreplacing Milutin Osmajic
🔁Jhon Solísreplacing Jay Stansfield
72'
72'
🟨Andy Moran
65'
🔁Andy Moranreplacing Brad Potts
🔁Bright Osayi-Samuelreplacing Ethan Laird
65'
Half-time · 2-1
45'+2'
🟨Andrija Vukcevic
🔁Demarai Grayreplacing Ibrahim Osman
37'
25'2 - 1
⚽Andrew Hughes
⚽Ibrahim Osman
16'2 - 0
⚽Jay StansfieldAssist: Ibrahim Osman
10'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Birmingham City4-2-3-1
29Priske
17⚽↓Osman
28⚽↓Stansfield
23Vicente
8Seung-Ho
24Iwata
31Wagner
4Klarer
2↓Laird
5Neumann
25Beadle
Bench
- 21Ryan Allsop
- 33Marvin Ducksch
- 20Alex Cochrane
- 7Tommy Doyle
- 14Jhon Solíson for Jay Stansfield, 72'
- 16Patrick Roberts
- 6Jack Robinson
- 10Demarai Grayon for Ibrahim Osman, 37'
- 26Bright Osayi-Samuelon for Ethan Laird, 65'
Preston North End3-5-2
17↓Dobbin
28↓Osmajic
3🟨↓Vukcevic
21Devine
2↓Valentín
44↓Potts
15Thompson
16⚽Hughes
6Lindsay
42Offiah
1Iversen
Bench
- 24Michael Smithon for Lewis Dobbin, 84'
- 14Jordan Storey
- 9Daniel Jebbisonon for Milutin Osmajic, 73'
- 13David Cornell
- 26Thierry Smallon for Pol Valentín, 73'
- 22Milos Lukovic
- 11Robbie Bradyon for Andrija Vukcevic, 78'
- 23Andy Moranon for Brad Potts, 65' 🟨
- 12Jack Walton
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
3Birmingham wins
0Level
2Preston wins
Last times they met
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2–1
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0–1
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Form
Last games: Birmingham
L1-0L1-0L2-1W2-0D1-1
Last games: Preston
W3-1D2-2D1-1W2-1L2-0
