Preston North End vs Birmingham City

Championship

Preston

4-4-3

0-1

Final

Birmingham

4-3-4

Deepdale

Match pulse

PNEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BIR

62%Possession38%

17Shots9

6On target2

9Corners3

0Saves5

8Fouls14

10'Michael SmithPNE12'Bright Osayi-SamuelBIR58'Tomoki IwataBIR63'Marc LeonardBIR90'+2'Keshi AndersonBIR90'+5'Paik Seung-HoBIR90'+5'Thierry SmallPNE

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

Who won: Birmingham 1-0

Birmingham City beat Preston North End 1-0 on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at Deepdale. Goals for Birmingham: Phil Neumann (33').

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

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1James BeadleG
2Christoph KlarerCD-L
3Phil NeumannCD-R
4Tommy DoyleDM
5Alex CochraneLB
6Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
7Paik Seung-HoCM-L
8Tomoki IwataCM-R
9Keshi AndersonLM
10Lewis KoumasRM
11Jay StansfieldF

Preston24th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-1-4-2)

1Daniel IversenG
2Lewis GibsonCD
3Andrew HughesCD-L
4Jordan StoreyCD-R
5Benjamin WhitemanSW
6Harrison ArmstrongCM-L
7Alistair McCannCM-R
8Andrija VukcevicLM
9Odeluga OffiahRM
10Michael SmithCF-L
11Daniel JebbisonCF-R

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

Last meeting: Birmingham 1, Preston 1 (Jan 15)

Last 5

BIR

Lvs HUL2-3
T@ WXM1-1
Tvs SHW2-2
L@ COV0-3
Wvs SWA1-0

PNE

L@ WBA1-2
Wvs CHA2-0
T@ HUL2-2
Tvs BRC0-0
W@ DER1-0

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Game info

Venue: Deepdale, Preston, England · Attendance 16,857
Officials: Lewis Smith

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