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Championship · TUE, 21 OCT · 18:45 LOCAL
PRESTON
14TH · 60 PTS · LAST 5:
L L L W L
FT
0 – 1
FULL TIME HT · 0-1
BIRMINGHAM
D D D W W
· 10TH · 64 PTS · LAST 5
GOALS
⚽ 33' Phil Neumann
Lewis Gibson
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Lewis Gibson
Preston · 90 mins
· 48% pass acc
RATING
8.3
PREDICTIONS
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

1.34
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
0.83
62%
BALL POSSESSION %
38%
17
TOTAL SHOTS
9
6
SHOTS ON TARGET
2
82%
PASS ACCURACY %
73%
9
CORNERS
3
KEY EVENTS 17 events
  1. -5'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Keshi Anderson
    BIR
  2. 10'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Michael Smith
    PRE
  3. 12'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Bright Osayi-Samuel
    BIR
  4. 33'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Phil Neumann · assist Alex Cochrane
    BIR
  5. 54'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Bright Osayi-Samuel · assist Marc Leonard
    BIR
  6. 54'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Lewis Koumas · assist Demarai Gray
    BIR
  7. 58'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Tomoki Iwata
    BIR
  8. 63'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Marc Leonard
    BIR
  9. 63'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Andrija Vukčević · assist Alfie Devine
    PRE
  10. 63'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Ali McCann · assist Thierry Small
    PRE
  11. 70'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Keshi Anderson · assist Eiran Joe Cashin
    BIR
  12. 70'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Tommy Doyle · assist Lyndon Dykes
    BIR
  13. 72'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Daniel Jebbison · assist Milutin Osmajić
    PRE
  14. 83'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Andrew Hughes · assist Lewis Dobbin
    PRE
  15. 85'
    Subst · Substitution 5
    Jay Stansfield · assist Alfons Sampsted
    BIR
  16. 90'+5
    Card · Yellow Card
    Thierry Small
    PRE
  17. 90'+5
    Card · Yellow Card
    Seung Ho Paik
    BIR
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
PRESTON AVG 7.6
BIRMINGHAM AVG 7.7
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
1.3
xG
0.8
17.0
TOTAL SHOTS
9.0
6.0
ON TARGET
2.0
8.0
OFF TARGET
5.0
3.0
BLOCKED
2.0
POSSESSION
62.0%
POSSESSION %
38.0%
463.0
PASSES
290.0
82.0%
PASS ACCURACY
73.0%
SET PIECES
9.0
CORNERS
3.0
2.0
OFFSIDES
1.0
DISCIPLINE
8.0
FOULS
14.0
2.0
YELLOW CARDS
5.0
0.0
GK SAVES
5.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
PRESTON 2 shots
Ben Whiteman
1/1
Jordan Storey
1/1
BIRMINGHAM 1 shots
Phil Neumann
1/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 1.34 – 0.83
1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.0 HT 33' H 1.34 A 0.83 KO 30' 60' FT

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 35%
65% A
6
EVENTS LOGGED
11
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 3-1-4-2 vs 4-1-4-1
3-1-4-2
4-1-4-1
1
DANIEL IV
16
ANDREW HU
 8.3
19
LEWIS GIB
 7.3
14
JORDAN ST
 7.9
4
BEN WHITE
 7.3
3
ANDRIJA V
5
HARRISON
8
ALI MCCAN
42
ODELUGA O
24
MICHAEL S
9
DANIEL JE
 7.5
25
JAMES BEA
 7.9
20
ALEX COCH
 7.6
4
CHRISTOPH
 8.2
5
PHIL NEUM
26
BRIGHT OS
 7.2
7
TOMMY DOY
14
KESHI AND
8
SEUNG HO
24
TOMOKI IW
30
LEWIS KOU
28
JAY STANS
SUBSTITUTES · PRESTON
26
Thierry Smal...
D
22
S. T. Thorda...
M
21
Alfie Devine
M
20
Theo Carrol
M
17
Lewis Dobbin
F
10
Mads Frøkjær...
M
6
Liam Lindsay
D
12
Jack Walton
G
28
Milutin Osma...
F
COACH: Paul Heckingbottom
SUBSTITUTES · BIRMINGHAM
10
Demarai Gray
F
42
Daniel Isich...
M
17
Lyndon Dykes
F
12
Marc Leonard
M
27
Kanya Fujimo...
M
23
Alfons Samps...
D
41
Eiran Joe Ca...
D
21
Ryan Allsop
G
9
Kyogo Furuha...
F
COACH: Christopher Paul Davies
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
PRE · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

BIR · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
TBA
~24h before kick-off
PRE MANAGER
Paul Heckingbottom
head coach
BIR MANAGER
Christopher Paul Davies
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
3
PRE WINS
2
DRAWS
5
BIR WINS
30%
20%
50%
8 – 10
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
1.80
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
22 Apr 2026
Birmingham
2 – 1
Preston
L
01 Apr 2024
Birmingham
1 – 0
Preston
L
19 Sep 2023
Preston
2 – 1
Birmingham
W
21 Jan 2023
Birmingham
1 – 2
Preston
W
03 Sep 2022
Preston
0 – 1
Birmingham
L
PRESTON LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L W L
BIRMINGHAM LAST 5 OVERALL
D D D W W
MATCH IMPACT Final 0–1 · result locked
PRESTON #14
Lost · already at 60 pts
BIRMINGHAM #10
Won · already at 64 pts
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Coventry 46 28 11 7 +52 95
W W W D D
2 Ipswich 46 23 15 8 +33 84
W D D W D
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83
L D W D W
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80
W D W D D
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80
L L D D W
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73
W W D W L
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71
D L W W L
8 Derby 46 20 9 17 +8 69
L W L W L
9 Norwich 46 19 8 19 +7 65
L D W W L
10 Birmingham 46 17 13 16 +1 64
D W W D W
11 Swansea 46 18 10 18 -2 64
W D W L W
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62
W L D L D
13 Sheffield Utd 46 18 6 22 0 60
W L L W W
14 Preston 46 15 15 16 -7 60
L W L L W
15 QPR 46 16 10 20 -12 58
L L L L D
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57
L L L L L
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55
L L L L D
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55
D W L W W
19 Charlton 46 13 14 19 -14 53
L W L D L
20 Blackburn 46 13 13 20 -14 52
L W D L D
21 West Brom 46 13 14 19 -10 51
L D W W D
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47
L W L L W
23 Leicester 46 12 16 18 -10 46
W D D L L
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0
W L L D D
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 90'+5
    Card · Yellow Card · Seung Ho Paik
    Argument
  • 90'+5
    Card · Yellow Card · Thierry Small
    Argument
  • 85'
    Subst · Substitution 5 · Jay Stansfield
  • 83'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Andrew Hughes
  • 72'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Daniel Jebbison
  • 70'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Tommy Doyle
  • 70'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Keshi Anderson
  • 63'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Ali McCann
  • 63'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Andrija Vukčević
  • 63'
    Card · Yellow Card · Marc Leonard
    Foul
  • 58'
    Card · Yellow Card · Tomoki Iwata
    Foul
  • 54'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Lewis Koumas
  • 54'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Bright Osayi-Samuel
  • HALF TIME · 0 – 1
  • 33'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Phil Neumann
  • 12'
    Card · Yellow Card · Bright Osayi-Samuel
    Foul
  • 10'
    Card · Yellow Card · Michael Smith
    Foul
  • -5'
    Card · Yellow Card · Keshi Anderson
    Argument
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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