Preston North End vs Birmingham City

Championship

Preston

13-9-10

2-1

Final

Birmingham

10-10-12

Deepdale

Match pulse

PNEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BIR

47%Possession53%

14Shots11

5On target2

4Corners3

1Saves3

12Fouls13

40'Maikel KieftenbeldBIR45'+3'Ben PearsonPNE45'+3'Kerim FreiBIR52'Callum RobinsonPNE56'Craig GardnerBIR58'Ché AdamsBIR80'Craig GardnerBIR

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

Who won: Preston 2-1

Preston North End beat Birmingham City 2-1 on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Deepdale. Goals for Preston: Callum Robinson (8') and Jordan Hugill (78'). Goals for Birmingham: Ché Adams (47').

Recap · Feb 14

Jordan Hugill nets as Preston heap more misery on Gianfranco Zola

What it means

Birmingham has dropped 4 of the last 5.
Preston 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

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-3-1-2)

1Tomasz KuszczakG
2Jonathan GroundsCD-L
3Krystian BielikCD-R
4Cheick KeitaLB
5Emilio NsueRB
6Lukas JutkiewiczM
7Stephen GleesonCM
8Kerim FreiAM
9Craig GardnerLM
10Maikel KieftenbeldRM
11Ché AdamsCF-R

Preston24th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1Chris MaxwellG
2Paul HuntingtonCD-L
3Tom ClarkeCD-R
4Greg CunninghamLB
5Jiang GuangtaiRB
6Ben PearsonCM-L
7Alan BrowneCM-R
8Aiden McGeadyLM
9Daryl HorganRM
10Jordan HugillCF-L
11Callum RobinsonCF-R

Head to head

PNE leads series 2-0-3

Last meeting: Preston 1, Birmingham 0 (Dec 13)

Last 5

BIR

L@ SHW0-3
Wvs FUL1-0
Lvs REA0-1
L@ NOR0-2
T@ BLK1-1

PNE

Wvs BRE4-2
T@ BAR0-0
L@ CAR0-2
Tvs IPS1-1
T@ AVL2-2

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Game info

Venue: Deepdale, Preston, England · Attendance 10,233

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