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Birmingham City v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 22nd Apr, 19:45 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

the St. Andrew's Stadium masses welcome Preston North End's supporters on Wednesday evening, as Chris Davies's Birmingham City clash with Paul Heckingbottom's side in the Championship. Below you'll find unique statistics for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 48%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Preston 25%	-	-
Birmingham 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Birmingham 2-0 9%	-	-
Preston 1-0 9%	-	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	-	-
Preston 2-1 6%	-	-
Birmingham 3-0 4%	-	-
Preston 2-0 4%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Birmingham 3-1 4%	-	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-1 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-0 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-1 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	-	-
BTTS - No 54%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 75%	-	-
Away/draw 52%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 44%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 29%	-	-
Preston win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Birmingham have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Birmingham have conceded 38 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Birmingham have played 20 games at home, winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 33 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 14th place on 54 points in the Championship league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 20 away games, winning 5, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Birmingham Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	41	25	9	7	42	84	w 3-2F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	29	72	d 1-1F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
3	M'Boro	41	20	12	9	21	72	l 1-3A	l 2-1A	d 2-2F	l 4-0A
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	9	72	w 4-0F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
5	Hull	41	20	8	13	5	68	l 2-3A	Apr 18	l 0-3A	d 2-2F
6	Southampton	40	18	12	10	19	66	d 1-1F	l 3-1A	May 2	w 0-2F
7	Wrexham	41	17	13	11	5	64	Apr 12	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	9	63	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	7	58	w 4-1F	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	3	57	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	d 2-2F	d 1-1F
11	Bristol C	41	16	9	16	1	57	Apr 25	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	-5	57	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
13	Stoke	41	15	9	17	3	54	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	-4	54	Apr 22	w 0-1F	-	-
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	-5	54	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	d 1-1F
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	-3	53	-	-	l 0-1A	Apr 22
17	Sheff Utd	41	15	6	20	-1	51	d 1-1F	l 3-0A	w 3-2A	Apr 25
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	-11	49	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 11
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	-12	47	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	-14	45	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	-17	42	w 4-0F	May 2	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	-9	41	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
23	Oxford Utd	41	9	14	18	-15	41	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
24	Sheff Wed	41	1	10	30	-57	-5	d 2-2F	w 0-2F	w 3-0F	w 2-3A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	0 - 1	Blackburn
Birmingham	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
Birmingham	1 - 0	QPR
Birmingham	1 - 3	M'Boro
Birmingham	0 - 0	West Brom
Birmingham	2 - 1	Leicester
Birmingham	1 - 1	Stoke
Birmingham	3 - 2	Coventry
Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
Birmingham	1 - 1	Derby
Birmingham	1 - 1	Charlton
Birmingham	2 - 1	Watford
Birmingham	4 - 1	Norwich
Birmingham	4 - 0	Millwall
Birmingham	4 - 0	Portsmouth
Birmingham	2 - 3	Hull
Birmingham	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Birmingham	1 - 0	Swansea
Birmingham	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Birmingham	1 - 1	Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	Ipswich
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	Blackburn
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Derby
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	QPR
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Birmingham	1 - 3	M'Boro
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Millwall
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Norwich
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Stoke
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Swansea
H	Birmingham	3 - 2	Coventry
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Watford
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Derby
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Sheff Utd

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leicester	2 - 2	Preston
Norwich	2 - 0	Preston
Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
Swansea	1 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	4 - 0	Preston
Bristol C	0 - 2	Preston
Wrexham	2 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Leicester
H	Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Preston	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	0 - 2	Millwall
A	Preston	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 2	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Preston	0 - 3	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Norwich

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Birmingham

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 13

10 / 13

Clean sheets

3 / 13

4 / 13

BIR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Birmingham	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
	0 - 1	Preston
Birmingham	3 - 0
	1 - 3	Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Preston
Birmingham	3 - 1
	0 - 1	Preston
Birmingham	3 - 1

Preston

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 14

9 / 14

Clean sheets

5 / 14

3 / 14

BIR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	1 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
	0 - 2	Birmingham

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Birmingham City of late. It has been 8 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Wednesday evening against Preston North End.

	Birmingham 16th	Preston 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Birmingham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-4 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

better

BIR

PNE

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

BIR

PNE

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Birmingham v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	10	6	9
T Iwata	M Ducksch	J Stansfield	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Iwata MID	40	2	1	8 -
J Stansfield FWD	39	9	6	8 -
C Klarer DEF	38	2		8 1
S Paik MID	38	4		6 -
T Doyle MID	35		3	1 1
P Roberts FWD	35	4	5	2 -
D Gray FWD	33	5	4	4 -
M Ducksch FWD	32	10	2	1 -
J Beadle GLK	30			4 -
K Furuhashi FWD	28	1		1 -
P Neumann DEF	27	2		4 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	22		1	5 -
A Cochrane DEF	19	1	4	3 -
E Laird DEF	16		1	2 -
J Robinson DEF	15	1	1	4 2
I Osman FWD	13	1	1	2 -
J Solís MID	12			2 1
C Vicente FWD	12	2	1	1 -
A. Priske FWD	12		1	1 -
R Allsop GLK	11			2 -
K Wagner DEF	11		1	1 -
J Panzo DEF	8			1 -
K Fujimoto MID	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	27	6	11
M Ducksch	M Ducksch	J Stansfield	J Stansfield

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Ducksch FWD	10	27	2	1
J Stansfield FWD	9	24	6	11
D Gray FWD	5	17	4	8
S Paik MID	4	10		4
P Roberts FWD	4	11	5	8
T Iwata MID	2	11	1	5
C Klarer DEF	2	3		1
P Neumann DEF	2	4
C Vicente FWD	2	5	1
K Furuhashi FWD	1	9		1
A Cochrane DEF	1	4	4	4
J Robinson DEF	1	4	1	1
I Osman FWD	1	7	1	1
T Doyle MID		6	3	3
B Osayi-Samuel DEF		1	1	2
E Laird DEF		1	1	2
J Solís MID		3		1
A. Priske FWD		4	1	3
K Wagner DEF		1	1	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2512	64	271
C Klarer	T Iwata	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	2512	41	271
T Iwata MID	1783	64	152
S Paik MID	1577	58	143
P Neumann DEF	1317	30	116
T Doyle MID	1106	35	65
J Beadle GLK	1087		14
A Cochrane DEF	834	22	66
P Roberts FWD	833	40	120
J Robinson DEF	715	11	83
D Gray FWD	600	36	109
K Wagner DEF	510	23	55
M Ducksch FWD	495	4	40
R Allsop GLK	477	1	6
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	453	18	71
J Solís MID	452	18	50
J Stansfield FWD	439	42	82
E Laird DEF	379	15	77
J Panzo DEF	260	5	30
I Osman FWD	183	21	62
C Vicente FWD	142	12	27
K Furuhashi FWD	91	9	26
A. Priske FWD	74	3	35
K Fujimoto MID	18	1	2

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
40	8	7	10
B Whiteman	A Devine	L Dobbin	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Devine MID	40	8	4	4 -
B Whiteman MID	40	2	5	9 -
J Storey DEF	39	2	2	8 1
O Offiah DEF	38			4 -
T Small DEF	38	3	2	5 -
A Hughes DEF	34			10 -
L Dobbin FWD	34	7	7	2 -
M Smith FWD	34	3	1	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	33	6	2	2 -
D Iversen GLK	31		1	1 -
P Valentín DEF	31		2	2 -
A McCann MID	26	1	1	5 -
A Vukcevic DEF	25		2	-
L Gibson DEF	24	1		3 -
M Osmajic FWD	24	8	1	3 1
L Lindsay DEF	22			4 1
J Thompson MID	15		2	4 -
J Lewis DEF	14		1	1 -
B Potts DEF	11	1	1	1 -
D Cornell GLK	7			1 -
A Moran MID	6	1	1	1 -
C Lang FWD	5		2	2 -
J Walton GLK	3			-
R Brady MID	2			-
M. Luković FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	19	7	9
A Devine	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Devine MID	8	19	4	7
M Osmajic FWD	8	18	1	2
L Dobbin FWD	7	18	7	3
D Jebbison FWD	6	12	2	4
T Small DEF	3	17	2	3
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
B Whiteman MID	2	10	5	9
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
A McCann MID	1	5	1	2
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
B Potts DEF	1	4	1	1
A Moran MID	1	2	1	1
A Hughes DEF		4		2
D Iversen GLK			1	1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
A Vukcevic DEF			2	1
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
J Thompson MID		3	2	3
J Lewis DEF			1	1
C Lang FWD		2	2	1
R Brady MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1840	88	262
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1840	75	143
J Storey DEF	1421	46	262
A Hughes DEF	1413	58	213
A Devine MID	1062	45	102
L Gibson DEF	1050	25	106
D Iversen GLK	1025		14
O Offiah DEF	840	88	165
A McCann MID	672	71	115
L Lindsay DEF	513	18	105
P Valentín DEF	479	67	122
L Dobbin FWD	450	16	82
T Small DEF	431	34	88
M Smith FWD	325	16	130
J Thompson MID	324	8	33
D Jebbison FWD	280	18	102
A Vukcevic DEF	276	18	47
D Cornell GLK	232		5
J Lewis DEF	195	9	19
M Osmajic FWD	187	11	62
B Potts DEF	139	6	24
A Moran MID	90	12	24
J Walton GLK	72
C Lang FWD	46	4	15
R Brady MID	19		5
M. Luković FWD	1