Preston vs Birmingham Match Summary Season 2025/2026

Championship

Championship

06:45 PMOctober 21, 2025

Regular Season – 11

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How did Preston and Birmingham perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

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Preston and Birmingham Match Stats

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BALL POSSESSION

62%38%

ATTACK

18

Total shots

9

6

Shots on target

2

9

Shots off target

5

3

Blocked shots

2

14

Shots inside box

6

4

Shots outside box

3

9

Corner kicks

3

2

Offsides

1

85

Dangerous attacks

20

PASSING

451

Total passes

290

367 (81%)

Accurate passes

212 (73%)

DISCIPLINE

8

Fouls

14

2

Yellow cards

4

0

Goalkeeper saves

5

Preston and Birmingham Lineups

Preston

3-1-4-2

1G

Daniel Iversen

7

14D

Jordan Storey

7.5

19D

Lewis Gibson

8.2

16D

Andrew Hughes 🔺83′

6.9

4M

Benjamin WhitemanC

7.9

42M

Odeluga Offiah

7

8M

Alistair McCann 🔺63′

6.6

5M

Harrison Armstrong

7.3

3M

Andrija Vukčević 🔺63′

7.3

9F

Daniel Jebbison 🔺72′

6.6

24F

Michael Smith 10′

6.2

Substitutes

26D

Thierry Small 🔻63′

7.3

21M

Alfie Devine 🔻63′

6.6

28F

Milutin Osmajić 🔻72′

6.2

17F

Lewis Dobbin 🔻83′

6.3

12G

Jack Walton

–

6D

Liam Lindsay

–

22M

Stefán Teitur Þórðarson

–

20M

Theo Carrol

–

10M

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen

–

Coach of Preston

👔 Paul Heckingbottom

Birmingham

4-2-3-1

25G

James Beadle

7.3

26D

Bright Osayi-Samuel 12′ 🔺54′

6.5

5D

Phil Neumann ⚽33′

8.3

4D

Christoph KlarerC

7.6

20D

Alex Cochrane

7.6

7M

Tommy Doyle 🔺70′

7.3

8M

Seung-Ho Paik 90+5′

7

30M

Lewis Koumas 🔺54′

6.5

24M

Tomoki Iwata 58′

6.3

14M

Keshi Anderson 90+2′ 🔺70′

6.2

28F

Jay Stansfield 🔺85′

6.2

Substitutes

10F

Demarai Gray 🔻54′

6.2

12M

Marc Leonard 🔻54′

6.9

41D

Eiran Cashin 🔻70′

6.9

17F

Lyndon Dykes 🔻70′

6.5

23D

Alfons Sampsted 🔻85′

6.7

21G

Ryan Allsop

–

27M

Kanya Fujimoto

–

9F

Kyogo Furuhashi

–

42M

Daniel Isichei

–

Coach of Birmingham

👔 Christopher Paul Davies

Preston and Birmingham Head to Head

2WINS

0DRAWS

2WINS

Over 1.5 Goals50%

Over 2.5 Goals50%

Both Teams Scored50%

Past H2H Matches & Results

01 Apr 2024 Birmingham City 1-0 Preston North End

19 Sep 2023 Preston North End 2-1 Birmingham City

21 Jan 2023 Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End

03 Sep 2022 Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City

Championship Standings Season 2025/2026

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	26	15	7	4	57-29	28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37-26	11	46
3	Ipswich	25	12	8	5	42-24	18	44
4	Preston	26	11	10	5	36-25	11	43
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29-33	-4	43
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37-29	8	41
7	Hull	25	12	5	8	40-38	2	41
8	Stoke	26	12	4	10	32-23	9	40
9	Wrexham	26	10	10	6	38-32	6	40
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38-29	9	39
11	QPR	26	11	5	10	38-39	-1	38
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37-38	-1	37
13	Derby	26	9	8	9	35-35	0	35
14	Birmingham	26	9	7	10	35-36	-1	34
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38-38	0	33
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36-38	-2	32
17	Swansea	26	9	5	12	27-33	-6	32
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29-35	-6	31
19	Charlton	25	7	8	10	25-32	-7	29
20	Blackburn	25	7	7	11	24-30	-6	28
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21-35	-14	25
22	Norwich	26	6	6	14	28-39	-11	24
23	Oxford Utd	25	5	7	13	25-35	-10	22
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18-51	-33	-7

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	12	9	2	1	27-9	18	29
2	Ipswich	13	8	4	1	24-11	13	28
3	Watford	13	8	4	1	23-12	11	28
4	Middlesbrough	13	8	3	2	20-11	9	27
5	Birmingham	13	7	5	1	27-13	14	26
6	Millwall	14	8	2	4	17-17	0	26
7	QPR	13	7	2	4	24-17	7	23
8	Preston	13	6	5	2	19-12	7	23
9	Wrexham	13	6	5	2	24-19	5	23
10	Hull	13	7	2	4	19-19	0	23
11	West Brom	12	6	4	2	16-11	5	22
12	Leicester	13	6	4	3	19-15	4	22
13	Bristol City	14	6	3	5	23-15	8	21
14	Swansea	13	6	3	4	16-16	0	21
15	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18-10	8	20
16	Southampton	12	5	5	2	17-11	6	20
17	Charlton	11	5	3	3	13-12	1	18
18	Portsmouth	13	5	3	5	14-14	0	18
19	Sheffield Utd	12	5	2	5	18-13	5	17
20	Derby	14	4	5	5	17-20	-3	17
21	Oxford Utd	12	3	4	5	13-17	-4	13
22	Blackburn	13	2	4	7	13-20	-7	10
23	Norwich	13	3	1	9	12-19	-7	10
24	Sheffield Wed	13	0	4	9	7-29	-22	4

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	14	6	5	3	30-20	10	23
2	Preston	13	5	5	3	17-13	4	20
3	Stoke	14	6	2	6	14-13	1	20
4	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	17-15	2	19
5	Derby	12	5	3	4	18-15	3	18
6	Hull	12	5	3	4	21-19	2	18
7	Bristol City	12	5	3	4	15-14	1	18
8	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	11-10	1	18
9	Wrexham	13	4	5	4	14-13	1	17
10	Millwall	12	4	5	3	12-16	-4	17
11	Ipswich	12	4	4	4	18-13	5	16
12	Leicester	13	4	3	6	18-23	-5	15
13	Sheffield Utd	13	5	0	8	18-25	-7	15
14	QPR	13	4	3	6	14-22	-8	15
15	Norwich	13	3	5	5	16-20	-4	14
16	Watford	12	3	4	5	14-17	-3	13
17	Southampton	14	3	4	7	21-27	-6	13
18	Swansea	13	3	2	8	11-17	-6	11
19	Charlton	14	2	5	7	12-20	-8	11
20	Oxford Utd	13	2	3	8	12-18	-6	9
21	West Brom	14	3	0	11	13-24	-11	9
22	Birmingham	13	2	2	9	8-23	-15	8
23	Sheffield Wed	12	1	4	7	11-22	-11	7
24	Portsmouth	11	1	4	6	7-21	-14	7

Qualification/Relegation

Relegation – League One

Promotion – Premier League

Promotion – Championship (Play Offs: Semi-finals)

Preston vs Birmingham Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2025-10-21

On October 21, 2025, Deepdale was the venue for a compelling Championship matchup between Preston and Birmingham. The game highlighted the competitive nature of the league this season.

From the first minute, the intensity was high. Both defenses were tested, and goalkeepers were called into action frequently. The tactical battle unfolded in the midfield, with turnovers leading to some of the most dangerous opportunities of the game.

Standings & Form Context

Preston entered the match in 4th, holding 43 points. Their season narrative includes 11 wins, 10 draws, and 5 losses.

Meanwhile, Birmingham, sitting in 14th with 34 points, looked to leverage their 9 wins to climb the table.

Previous Meetings Stats

Analyzing the last 5 Championship games: Preston has won 2, while Birmingham has won 3. 0 matches ended in a draw.

Goal trends show that both teams scored in 2 matches, and there were over 2.5 goals in 2 of them.

Recent Performance

Below are the results leading up to this Championship fixture:

Performance of Preston

Performance of Birmingham

Highlights & Analysis

Review the Preston vs Birmingham match with our extensive highlight reel. Includes all goals and major incidents from October 21, 2025.

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