English League Championship

FT Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Preston North End WDDWL 1
–
Birmingham City LLLWD 2
1st2ndT
PNE101
BIR202
St. Andrew's Stadium · 23,798 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
50.4
Possession
49.6
16
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
190
Accurate Passes
210
310
Passes
316
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.2
87
Long Balls
76
22
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
10
8
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
3
49
Effective Clearances
48
49
Clearances
48

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 31Kai WagnerLB
  5. 2Ethan LairdRB
  6. 28Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 24Tomoki IwataRM
  9. 29August PriskeF
  10. 17Ibrahim OsmanAM-L
  11. 23Carlos VicenteAM-R

PNE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Daniel IversenG
  2. 6Liam LindsayCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 42Odeluga OffiahCD-R
  5. 21Alfie DevineCM-L
  6. 44Brad PottsCM-R
  7. 15Jordan ThompsonAM
  8. 3Andrija VukcevicLM
  9. 2Pol ValentínRM
  10. 17Lewis DobbinCF-L
  11. 28Milutin OsmajicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Preston North End 0. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Osman.
  2. 16' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Preston North End 0. Ibrahim Osman (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  3. 25' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Preston North End 1. Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  4. 37' Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Ibrahim Osman because of an injury.
  5. 45'+2' Andrija Vukcevic (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Substitution, Birmingham City. Bright Osayi-Samuel replaces Ethan Laird.
  7. 65' Substitution, Preston North End. Andrew Moran replaces Brad Potts.
  8. 72' Andrew Moran (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jhon Solís replaces Jay Stansfield.
  10. 73' Substitution, Preston North End. Daniel Jebbison replaces Milutin Osmajic.
  11. 73' Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Pol Valentín.
  12. 78' Substitution, Preston North End. Robert Brady replaces Andrija Vukcevic.
  13. 84' Substitution, Preston North End. Michael Smith replaces Lewis Dobbin.

EFL Championship News

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