Birmingham City vs Preston North End

Championship

Birmingham

16-12-16

2-1

Final

Preston

14-15-15

St. Andrew's Stadium

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'PNE

50%Possession50%

18Shots16

5On target6

3Corners3

4Saves3

11Fouls9

45'+2'Andrija VukcevicPNE72'Andy MoranPNE

Team	1H	2H	T
BIR	2	0	2
PNE	1	0	1

Who won: Birmingham 2-1

Birmingham City beat Preston North End 2-1 on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at St. Andrew's Stadium. Goals for Birmingham: Jay Stansfield (10') and Ibrahim Osman (16'). Goals for Preston: Andrew Hughes (25').

What it means

Birmingham has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 2

Sir Alex Ferguson on David Beckham's Preston loan: 'He thought I wanted him gone but that's not true'

ESPN · Sep 21

Ex-Birmingham City player Jordan Graham in hospital following serious road traffic accident

ESPN · Sep 13

Was this miss from Tom Brady's Birmingham the worst ever? Not even close

Recap · Aug 28

Wrexham remain winless after loss to Birmingham

ESPN · Aug 22

Outrageous back-heel, goal of the season contender scored for Bristol City in draw vs. Birmingham

ESPN · Aug 7

Wrexham make Preston captain Ben Whiteman 2nd summer signing

ESPN · Jul 31

Jude Bellingham cheers on Birmingham in win over Barcelona

ESPN · Jul 31

Birmingham City 2-2 Barcelona: Blues beat LaLiga champions on penalties in friendly - as it happened

Lineups

Preston24th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-5-2)

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

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

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

Head to head

BIR leads series 3-2

Last meeting: Birmingham 1, Preston 0 (Sep 3)

Last 5

PNE

Lvs WBA0-2
W@ CHA2-1
Tvs QPR1-1
T@ LEI2-2
Wvs STK3-1

BIR

T@ HUL1-1
Wvs WXM2-0
L@ IPS1-2
Lvs BLK0-1
L@ DER0-1

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Game info

Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, England · Attendance 23,798
Officials: Ben Toner

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