Championship Gameweek 44
Apr 22, 2026 7.45pm
2
1
HT : 2 1
FT St. Andrew's Stadium
  • Jay Stansfield 10' goal
  • Ibrahim Osman 16' goal
  • Demarai Gray 37' yellowcard
  • Bright Osayi-Samuel 65' yellowcard
  • Jhon Solís 72' yellowcard
  • goal Andrew Hughes 25'
  • yellowcard Andrew Moran 65'
  • yellowcard Daniel Jebbison 73'
  • yellowcard Thierry Small 73'
  • yellowcard Robbie Brady 78'
  • yellowcard Michael Smith 84'

Birmingham City vs Preston North End - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings

The match

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Form, Standings, Stats

Birmingham City

All competitions
Last game
Apr 18, 2026 3.00pm
Hull City 1 - 1 Birmingham
Goals scored
56
Top scorer
Marvin Ducksch

Preston North End

All competitions
Last game
Apr 18, 2026 3.00pm
Preston 0 - 2 West Brom
Goals scored
54
Top scorer
Lewis Dobbin

Data analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Birmingham City win with a probability of 57.84%. A draw had a probability of 24.5% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 17.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.27%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.32%) and 2-1 (9.64%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.31%) , while for a Preston North End win it was 0-1 (6.48%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.

Result

Birmingham City 57.84% (-0.35)
Draw 24.5% (+0.11)
Preston North End 17.62% (+0.22)

Both Teams to Score: 

45.91% (+0.03)

Goals

Over 1.5 70.8% (+0.04)
Under 1.5 29.2% (-0.04)
Over 2.5 45.51% (+0.04)
Under 2.5 54.49% (-0.04)
Over 3.5 24.46% (+0.04)
Under 3.5 75.54% (-0.04)
Over 4.5 14.23% (+0.02)
Under 4.5 85.77% (-0.03)

First Half Winner

Birmingham City 43.25% (-0.51)
Draw 40.83% (+0.37)
Preston North End 15.92% (+0.14)

Team To Score First

Birmingham City 62.17% (-0.18)
No Goal 8.42% (+0.01)
Preston North End 29.41% (+0.18)

Corners

Over 8 66.64% (-0.13)
Equal 8 10.7% (+0.03)
Under 8 22.66% (+0.11)
Over 9 54.88% (-0.15)
Equal 9 11.76% (+0.02)
Under 9 33.36% (+0.12)
Over 10.5 43.13% (-0.15)
Under 10.5 56.87% (+0.15)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 1.5 49.46% (-0.16)
Under 1.5 50.54% (+0.16)
Over 2.5 23.5% (-0.15)
Under 2.5 76.5% (+0.15)
Over 3.5 9.06% (-0.01)
Under 3.5 90.94% (+0.01)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5 50.77% (+0.22)
Under 0.5 49.23% (-0.22)
Over 1.5 18.27% (+0.24)
Under 1.5 81.73% (-0.24)
Over 2.5 4.82% (+0.16)
Under 2.5 95.18% (-0.15)
Over 3.5 1.02% (+0.05)
Under 3.5 98.98% (-0.04)

Score analysis

Birmingham City 57.84%
Draw 24.51%
Preston North End 17.62%
Birmingham City
1-0 @ 14.27% (-0.09)
2-0 @ 11.32% (-0.07)
2-1 @ 9.64% (-0.02)
3-0 @ 6.23% (-0.07)
3-1 @ 5.07% (-0.05)
3-2 @ 2.35% (-0.03)
Other @ 8.96% (-0.03)
Total : 57.84%
Draw
1-1 @ 11.31% (+0.04)
0-0 @ 8.42% (+0.01)
2-2 @ 3.89% (+0.05)
Other @ 0.1% (+0.03)
Total : 24.51%
Preston North End
0-1 @ 6.48% (+0.02)
1-2 @ 4.55% (+0.06)
0-2 @ 2.66% (+0.03)
1-3 @ 1.27% (+0.04)
2-3 @ 1.11% (+0.03)
Other @ 0.92% (+0.03)
Total : 17.62%

Head to Head

Championship
Oct 21, 2025 7.45pm
0
1
HT : 0 0
LIVE
Championship Gameweek 40
Apr 1, 2024 3.00pm
1
0
HT : 0 0
FT St. Andrew's Stadium
  • Jay Stansfield 68' goal
  • Ethan Laird 82' yellowcard
  • yellowcard Will Keane 41'
Championship Gameweek 7
Sep 19, 2023 7.45pm
2
1
HT : 0 0
FT Deepdale
  • Jack Whatmough 48' yellowcard
  • Krystian Bielik 51' goal
  • Milutin Osmajic 67' goal
  • Milutin Osmajic 68' yellowcard
  • goal Jay Stansfield 46'
  • yellowcard Juninho Bacuna 72'
Championship Gameweek 28
Jan 21, 2023 3.00pm
1
2
HT : 0 2
FT St. Andrew's Stadium
  • Lukas Jutkiewicz 83' goal
  • goal Ryan Ledson 10'
  • goal Alan Browne 15'
Championship Gameweek 8
Sep 3, 2022 3.00pm
0
1
HT : 0 1
FT Deepdale
  • Ched Evans 83' yellowcard
  • goal Maxime Colin 16'
  • yellowcard Marc Roberts 65'
  • yellowcard Scott Hogan 69'
  • yellowcard Jordan James 90'+5'
Championship Gameweek 27
Jan 15, 2022 3.00pm
1
1
HT : 1 0
FT
  • Patrick Bauer 31' goal
  • Ben Whiteman 72' yellowcard
  • yellowcard Teden Mengi 56'
  • goal Scott Hogan 86'