English League Championship

FT Saturday, January 21, 2023
Preston North End LLWWL 2
–
Birmingham City LLLLW 1
1st2ndT
PNE202
BIR011
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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
34.3
Possession
65.7
8
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
128
Accurate Passes
339
246
Passes
457
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
10
13
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.3
80
Long Balls
84
29
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
3
26
Effective Clearances
14
26
Clearances
14

Head to Head

BIR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-4-2

  1. 21John RuddyG
  2. 26Kevin LongCD-L
  3. 28Dion SandersonCD-R
  4. 5Auston TrustyLB
  5. 2Maxime ColinRB
  6. 31Krystian BielikCM-L
  7. 6Hannibal MejbriCM-R
  8. 17Reda KhadraLM
  9. 18Tahith ChongRM
  10. 9Scott HoganCF-L
  11. 8Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeSUB
  2. 19Jordan JamesSUB
  3. 11Jordan GrahamSUB
  4. 7Juninho BacunaSUB
  5. 10Lukas JutkiewiczSUB
  6. 3George FriendSUB
  7. 42Alfie ChangSUB

PNE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Freddie WoodmanG
  2. 6Liam LindsayCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 14Jordan StoreyCD-R
  5. 20Ben WoodburnCM-L
  6. 13Alistair McCannCM-R
  7. 18Ryan LedsonAM
  8. 11Robbie BradyLM
  9. 8Alan BrowneRM
  10. 28Thomas CannonCF-L
  11. 7Liam DelapCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Daniel JohnsonSUB
  2. 25David CornellSUB
  3. 15Troy ParrottSUB
  4. 2Álvaro CarrerasSUB
  5. 23Bambo DiabySUB
  6. 3Greg CunninghamSUB
  7. 9Ched EvansSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Preston North End 1. Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 15' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Preston North End 2. Alan Browne (Preston North End) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Brady with a cross following a corner.
  3. 32' Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Robert Brady (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. George Friend replaces Kevin Long.
  7. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Tahith Chong.
  8. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
  9. 69' Substitution, Preston North End. Ched Evans replaces Liam Delap because of an injury.
  10. 79' Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, Preston North End. Troy Parrott replaces Thomas Cannon.
  12. 83' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Preston North End 2. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross following a corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Preston North End. Daniel Johnson replaces Ben Woodburn because of an injury.
  14. 88' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Maxime Colin.
  15. 90'+1' Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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