Preston North End vs Birmingham City

Championship

Preston

6-1-0

2-1

Final

Birmingham

3-2-2

Deepdale

Match pulse

PNEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BIR

41%Possession59%

10Shots16

3On target4

5Corners2

3Saves2

11Fouls13

48'Jack WhatmoughPNE68'Milutin OsmajicPNE72'Juninho BacunaBIR

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

Who won: Preston 2-1

Preston North End beat Birmingham City 2-1 on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Deepdale. Goals for Preston: Krystian Bielik (own goal) (51') and Milutin Osmajic (67'). Goals for Birmingham: Jay Stansfield (46').

Play by play

Match ends, Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 2, Birmingham City 1.
90'+6'
Free kick won
Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6'
Foul
Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
90'+6'
Right footed shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Drameh.
G. Gardner
89'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88'
Sub
Subbed on for K. Bielik
Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Krystian Bielik.
G. Gardner
88'
Sub
Subbed on for O. Burke
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Oliver Burke because of an injury.
J. James
86'
Delay in match because of an injury Oliver Burke (Birmingham City).
86'
Delay in match because of an injury Liam Millar (Preston North End).
84'
Corner awarded
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by John Ruddy.
84'
Right footed shot saved
Attempt saved. Duane Holmes (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
D. Holmes
83'
Corner awarded
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Emmanuel Longelo.
82'
Offside
Offside, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan is caught offside.
82'
Sub
Subbed on for K. Anderson
Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Keshi Anderson.
S. Hogan
77'
Sub
Subbed on for M. Osmajic
Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Milutin Osmajic because of an injury.
M. Frökjaer
74'
Free kick won
Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74'
Foul
Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).
73'
Corner awarded
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Kevin Long.
72'
Yellow card
Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
J. Bacuna
72'
Foul
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
72'
Free kick won
Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71'
Sub
Subbed on for I. Sunjic
Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Ivan Sunjic.
J. Bacuna
70'
Foul
Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
70'
Free kick won
Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.