Timeline
- 24' Delano Burgzorg for Liam Gibbs
- 34' Liam Millar assist Patrick Roberts
- 45'+2' August Priske assist Alex Cochrane
- 45'+4' August Priske assist Jay Stansfield
- 45' Andy Moran for Callum Lang
- 47' Stanley Mills Yellow Card
- 50' Liam Millar Yellow Card
- 56' Stanley Mills Red Card
- 61' Max Bird for Jhon Solis
- 61' Demarai Gray for Liam Millar
- 61' Lewis Gibson for Alfie Devine
- 75' Carlos Vicente for Patrick Roberts
- 75' Taylor Gardner-Hickman for Tomoki Iwata
- 76' Demarai Gray assist Max Bird
- 84' Marvin Ducksch for Jay Stansfield
Match stats
76%
Possession
24%
19
Shots
6
7
On target
1
9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow cards
0
0
Red cards
1
3
Offsides
2
1
Saves
3
580
Accurate passes
130
Lineups
Birmingham City
4-2-3-1
1
Beadle
20
Cochrane
4
Klarer
5
Neumann
26
Osayi-Samuel
14
Solis
24
Iwata
17
Millar
28
Stansfield
16
Roberts
9
Priske
Preston North End
3-4-2-1
1
Iversen
16
Hughes
14
Storey
24
Offiah
11
Small
15
Thompson
27
Leroy
17
Mills
20
Gibbs
10
Lang
7
Devine
Birmingham City
4-2-3-1
- 1 James Beadle G
- 4 Christoph Klarer CD-L
- 5 Phil Neumann CD-R
- 20 Alex Cochrane LB
- 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel RB
- 28 Jay Stansfield ▼ AM
- 14 Jhon Solis ▼ LM
- 24 Tomoki Iwata ▼ RM
- 9 August Priske F
- 17 Liam Millar ▼ AM-L
- 16 Patrick Roberts ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 19 Taylor Gardner-Hickman ▲ SUB
- 10 Demarai Gray ▲ SUB
- 7 Carlos Vicente ▲ SUB
- 18 Max Bird ▲ SUB
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 32 Luis Vázquez SUB
- 2 Ethan Laird SUB
- 23 Dael Fry SUB
- 21 Ryan Allsop SUB
Preston North End
3-4-2-1
- 1 Daniel Iversen G
- 14 Jordan Storey CD
- 16 Andrew Hughes CD-L
- 24 Odeluga Offiah CD-R
- 15 Jordan Thompson CM-L
- 27 Leo Leroy CM-R
- 11 Thierry Small LM
- 17 Stanley Mills RM
- 10 Callum Lang ▼ F
- 20 Liam Gibbs ▼ CF-L
- 7 Alfie Devine ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 37 Delano Burgzorg ▲ SUB
- 19 Lewis Gibson ▲ SUB
- 23 Andy Moran ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
- 6 Liam Lindsay SUB
- 9 Jusef Erabi SUB
- 2 Pol Valentín SUB
- 30 George Gryba SUB
- 3 Andrija Vukcevic SUB
- 21 Lee Nicholls SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Birmingham City 4, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+4' Second Half ends, Birmingham City 4, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+3' Attempt missed. Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 90'+3' Attempt blocked. Max Bird (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Klarer.
- 90'+3' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Lewis Gibson.
- 90'+2' Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2' Foul by Jordan Thompson (Preston North End).
- 90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90' Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Carlos Vicente following a corner.
- 90' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Odeluga Offiah.
- 90' Attempt blocked. Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross.
- 90' Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
Recent form
Birmingham City
W
D
W
L
D
- D Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 EFL Championship
- L at Norwich City 2-1 EFL Championship
- W at Derby County 2-1 EFL Championship
- D Middlesbrough 2-2 EFL Championship
- W at West Bromwich Albion 1-0 EFL Championship
Preston North End
L
D
L
L
W
- W Blackburn Rovers 2-1 EFL Championship
- L at Watford 2-1 EFL Championship
- L Lincoln City 1-0 EFL Championship
- D at Queens Park Rangers 2-2 EFL Championship
- L Millwall 1-0 EFL Championship
Head to head
BIR leads series 3-2
- 22 Apr 2026 Birmingham City 2–1 Preston North End 2025-26 English League Championship
- 21 Oct 2025 Preston North End 0–1 Birmingham City 2025-26 English League Championship
- 1 Apr 2024 Birmingham City 1–0 Preston North End 2023-24 English League Championship
- 19 Sep 2023 Preston North End 2–1 Birmingham City 2023-24 English League Championship
- 21 Jan 2023 Birmingham City 1–2 Preston North End 2022-23 English League Championship
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