Preston vs Birmingham

Championship 21 Oct 2025, 18:45
Preston
Preston
0–1
HT 0–1
FULL TIME
Birmingham
Birmingham
🏟 Deepdale Round 11

Match report

Birmingham edged past Preston 1-0 in the Championship on 21 October 2025.

Preston had 18 shots to Birmingham's 9.

The match was played at Deepdale.

Half-time 0-1 Possession 58% - 42% Shots 18 - 9 On target 6 - 2 Corners 9 - 3 Fouls 8 - 14 Yellow cards 7
8
Player of the match
Phil Neumann
Birmingham · 1 goal
8 Jordan Storey captained the side
8 Lewis Gibson captained the side
8 Benjamin Whiteman 63 passes (87% accurate)
8 Christoph Klarer captained the side
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 8–4 10–5
Shots On Goal 2–2 4–0
Ball Possession 58–42 —
Corners 1–2 8–1
Attacks 36–31 91–44
Match statistics
9 Corners 3
4 Substitution 5
127 Attacks 75
85 Dangerous Attacks 20
7 On Target 1
9 Off Target 8
58% Ball Possession 42%
18 Shots Total 9
6 Shots On Goal 2
9 Shots Off Goal 5
3 Shots Blocked 2
14 Shots Inside Box 6
4 Shots Outside Box 3
8 Fouls 14
9 Corners 3
2 Offsides 1
62% Ball Possession 38%
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Saves 5
451 Passes Total 290
367 Passes Accurate 212
Line-ups 3-1-4-2  vs  4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Preston · 3-1-4-2
1 D. Iversen
14 J. Storey 19 L. Gibson 16 A. Hughes
4 B. Whiteman
42 O. Offiah 8 A. McCann 5 H. Armstrong 3 A. Vukčević
9 D. Jebbison 24 M. Smith
Birmingham · 4-2-3-1
25 J. Beadle
26 B. Osayi-Samuel 5 P. Neumann 4 C. Klarer 20 A. Cochrane
7 T. Doyle 8 S. Paik
30 L. Koumas 24 T. Iwata 14 K. Anderson
28 J. Stansfield
Preston
Coach
Paul Heckingbottom
Substitutes
  • 26 Thierry Small
  • 21 Alfie Devine
  • 28 Milutin Osmajić
  • 17 Lewis Dobbin
  • 12 Jack Walton
  • 6 Liam Lindsay
  • 22 Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
  • 20 Theo Carrol
  • 10 Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
Birmingham
Coach
Christopher Paul Davies
Substitutes
  • 10 Demarai Gray
  • 12 Marc Leonard
  • 41 Eiran Cashin
  • 17 Lyndon Dykes
  • 23 Alfons Sampsted
  • 21 Ryan Allsop
  • 27 Kanya Fujimoto
  • 9 Kyogo Furuhashi
  • 42 Daniel Isichei
Substitutions
  • 54' ↑ M. Leonard ↓ B. Osayi-Samuel Birmingham
  • 54' ↑ D. Gray ↓ L. Koumas Birmingham
  • 63' ↑ A. Devine ↓ A. Vukcevic Preston
  • 63' ↑ T. Small ↓ A. McCann Preston
  • 70' ↑ E. Cashin ↓ K. Anderson Birmingham
  • 70' ↑ L. Dykes ↓ T. Doyle Birmingham
  • 72' ↑ M. Osmajic ↓ D. Jebbison Preston
  • 83' ↑ L. Dobbin ↓ A. Hughes Preston
  • 85' ↑ A. Sampsted ↓ J. Stansfield Birmingham
Cards
  • 10' M. Smith Preston
  • 12' B. Osayi-Samuel Birmingham
  • 58' T. Iwata Birmingham
  • 63' M. Leonard Birmingham
  • 90+2' K. Anderson Birmingham
  • 90+5' T. Small Preston
  • 90+5' Paik Seung-Ho Birmingham
Head-to-head
Preston 3 3 draws 3 Birmingham
2026-04-22 Birmingham vs Preston 0 - 0
2025-10-21 Preston vs Birmingham 0 - 1
2024-04-01 Birmingham City vs Preston North End 1 - 0
2023-09-19 Preston North End vs Birmingham City 2 - 1
2022-01-15 Preston North End vs Birmingham City 1 - 1
2021-09-25 Birmingham City vs Preston North End 0 - 0
Recent form
Preston D D D D W
Birmingham D L D D L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Preston vs Birmingham?
Preston lost 0-1 against Birmingham on 21 October 2025.
Who won Preston vs Birmingham?
Birmingham won the match 1-0.
Where was Preston vs Birmingham played?
The match was played at Deepdale.
Who had more possession in Preston vs Birmingham?
Preston had 58% of possession, compared to 42% for the other side.