English League Championship

FT Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Birmingham City DLLWL 1
–
Preston North End DDLDW 2
1st2ndT
BIR011
PNE112
Deepdale · 10,233 att.

Match Report

Jordan Hugill nets as Preston heap more misery on Gianfranco Zola

Jordan Hugill nets as Preston heap more misery on Gianfranco Zola

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
53.2
Possession
46.8
11
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
336
Accurate Passes
268
449
Passes
374
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
9
19
Crosses
34
0.2
Cross %
0.3
79
Long Balls
67
38
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
36
31
Clearances
36

Head to Head

PNE leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

PNE · 4-4-2

  1. 22Chris MaxwellG
  2. 23Paul HuntingtonCD-L
  3. 5Tom ClarkeCD-R
  4. 3Greg CunninghamLB
  5. 6Jiang GuangtaiRB
  6. 4Ben PearsonCM-L
  7. 8Alan BrowneCM-R
  8. 14Aiden McGeadyLM
  9. 7Daryl HorganRM
  10. 25Jordan HugillCF-L
  11. 37Callum RobinsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Simon MakienokSUB
  2. 11Daniel JohnsonSUB
  3. 1Anders LindegaardSUB
  4. 10Jermaine BeckfordSUB
  5. 24Andrew BoyleSUB
  6. 29Tom BarkhuizenSUB
  7. 21Stevie MaySUB

BIR · 4-3-1-2

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 3Jonathan GroundsCD-L
  3. 31Krystian BielikCD-R
  4. 33Cheick KeitaLB
  5. 2Emilio NsueRB
  6. 15Lukas JutkiewiczM
  7. 8Stephen GleesonCM
  8. 21Kerim FreiAM
  9. 12Craig GardnerLM
  10. 6Maikel KieftenbeldRM
  11. 14Ché AdamsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Paul Robinson
  2. 1Adam Legzdins
  3. 30Corey O'Keefe
  4. 25Josh Cogley
  5. 48Jerome Sinclair
  6. 7Robert Tesche
  7. 20Greg Stewart

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 0. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aiden McGeady with a cross.
  2. 40' Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+3' Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+3' Kerim Frei (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Josh Cogley replaces Kerim Frei.
  6. 47' Goal! Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 1. Che Adams (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a headed pass.
  7. 52' Callum Robinson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 56' Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 58' Che Adams (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Tom Barkhuizen replaces Callum Robinson.
  11. 78' Goal! Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daryl Horgan.
  12. 80' Second yellow card to Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart replaces Cheick Keita.
  14. 85' Substitution, Preston North End. Daniel Johnson replaces Aiden McGeady.
  15. 89' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jerome Sinclair replaces Stephen Gleeson.
  16. 90'+4' Substitution, Preston North End. Simon Makienok replaces Jordan Hugill.

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