English League Championship

FT Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Birmingham City WLDDL 1
–
Preston North End WDDWL 0
1st2ndT
BIR101
PNE000
Deepdale · 16,857 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
0
38.3
Possession
61.7
9
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
211
Accurate Passes
373
291
Passes
455
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
10
16
Crosses
46
0.3
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
59
17
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
9
55
Effective Clearances
21
55
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

PNE · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Daniel IversenG
  2. 19Lewis GibsonCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 14Jordan StoreyCD-R
  5. 4Benjamin WhitemanSW
  6. 5Harrison ArmstrongCM-L
  7. 8Alistair McCannCM-R
  8. 3Andrija VukcevicLM
  9. 42Odeluga OffiahRM
  10. 24Michael SmithCF-L
  11. 9Daniel JebbisonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Mads Frökjaer
  2. 17Lewis Dobbin
  3. 20Theo Carrol
  4. 26Thierry Small
  5. 21Alfie Devine
  6. 28Milutin Osmajic
  7. 6Liam Lindsay
  8. 12Jack Walton
  9. 22Stefán Teitur Thórdarson

BIR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 7Tommy DoyleDM
  5. 20Alex CochraneLB
  6. 26Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoCM-L
  8. 24Tomoki IwataCM-R
  9. 14Keshi AndersonLM
  10. 30Lewis KoumasRM
  11. 28Jay StansfieldF

Substitutes

  1. 10Demarai GraySUB
  2. 27Kanya FujimotoSUB
  3. 21Ryan AllsopSUB
  4. 41Eiran CashinSUB
  5. 9Kyogo FuruhashiSUB
  6. 12Marc LeonardSUB
  7. 17Lyndon DykesSUB
  8. 23Alfons SampstedSUB
  9. 42Dan IsicheiSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Michael Smith (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Goal! Preston North End 0, Birmingham City 1. Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 54' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marc Leonard replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  5. 54' Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Lewis Koumas.
  6. 58' Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Ali McCann.
  9. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Alfie Devine replaces Andrija Vukcevic.
  10. 70' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Keshi Anderson.
  11. 70' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Tommy Doyle.
  12. 72' Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Daniel Jebbison.
  13. 83' Substitution, Preston North End. Lewis Dobbin replaces Andrew Hughes.
  14. 85' Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Jay Stansfield.
  15. 90'+2' Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+5' Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+5' Thierry Small (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.

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