Birmingham City 2-1 Preston North End: Final score, stats and lineups
English League Championship
Birmingham City
16-12-16
- Jay Stansfield 10'
- Ibrahim Osman 16'
2-1
FT
Preston North End
14-15-15
- Andrew Hughes 25'
Key events
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Jay StansfieldAssist: Ibrahim Osman10'
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Ibrahim Osman16'
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25'
Andrew Hughes
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Demarai GrayOff: Ibrahim Osman37'
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45'+2'
Andrija Vukcevic
- Halftime 45'+6'
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Bright Osayi-SamuelOff: Ethan Laird65'
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65'
Andy MoranOff: Brad Potts
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72'
Andy Moran
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Jhon SolísOff: Jay Stansfield72'
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73'
Daniel JebbisonOff: Milutin Osmajic
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73'
Thierry SmallOff: Pol Valentín
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78'
Robbie BradyOff: Andrija Vukcevic
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84'
Michael SmithOff: Lewis Dobbin
- End Regular Time 90'+6'
Team stats
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3Corner Kicks3
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49.6Possession50.4
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18SHOTS16
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5ON GOAL6
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10Blocked Shots3
Match info
- Competition
- English League Championship
- Kickoff
- Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 2:45 PM ET
- Venue
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, England
- Attendance
- 23,798
- Series
- BIR leads series 3-2
Team stats
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11Fouls9
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0Yellow Cards2
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0Red Cards0
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5Offsides2
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3Corner Kicks3
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4Saves3
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49.6Possession50.4
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18SHOTS16
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5ON GOAL6
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0.3On Target %0.4
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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210Accurate Passes190
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316Passes310
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0.7Pass Completion %0.6
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3Accurate Crosses6
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16Crosses23
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0.2Cross %0.3
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76Long Balls87
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20Accurate Long Balls22
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0.3Long Balls %0.3
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10Blocked Shots3
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5Effective Tackles8
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8Tackles13
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0.6Tackle %0.6
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3Interceptions4
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48Effective Clearances49
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48Clearances49
Lineups
Birmingham City4-2-3-1- 25James BeadleG
- 2Ethan Laird↓RB
- 31Kai WagnerLB
- 8Paik Seung-HoLM
- 5Phil NeumannCD-R
- 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
- 23Carlos VicenteAM-R
- 24Tomoki IwataRM
- 29August PriskeF
- 28Jay Stansfield↓AM
- 17Ibrahim Osman↓AM-L
- 21Ryan Allsop
- 33Marvin Ducksch
- 20Alex Cochrane
- 7Tommy Doyle
- 14Jhon Solís↑
- 16Patrick Roberts
- 6Jack Robinson
- 10Demarai Gray↑
- 26Bright Osayi-Samuel↑
Preston North End3-5-2- 1Daniel IversenG
- 2Pol Valentín↓RM
- 3Andrija Vukcevic↓LM
- 16Andrew HughesCD-L
- 6Liam LindsayCD
- 42Odeluga OffiahCD-R
- 44Brad Potts↓CM-R
- 21Alfie DevineCM-L
- 17Lewis Dobbin↓CF-L
- 28Milutin Osmajic↓CF-R
- 15Jordan ThompsonAM
- 24Michael Smith↑
- 14Jordan Storey
- 9Daniel Jebbison↑
- 13David Cornell
- 26Thierry Small↑
- 22Milos Lukovic
- 11Robbie Brady↑
- 23Andy Moran↑
- 12Jack Walton
Last five games
Birmingham CityLLLWD
BIR leads series 3-2
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