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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

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Wednesday evening, as Chris Davies and his Birmingham City side host Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End at the St. Andrew's Stadium. Championship statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. You can view it all, with data visualisations and the best odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 49%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Preston 25%	-	-
Birmingham 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Birmingham 2-0 9%	-	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Preston 1-0 8%	-	-
Preston 2-1 6%	-	-
Birmingham 3-0 5%	-	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Preston 2-0 4%	-	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-1 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-0 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	-	-
BTTS - No 52%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 75%	-	-
Away/draw 51%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 43%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 29%	-	-
Preston win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Birmingham have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 9. Birmingham have conceded 36 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Birmingham have played 21 games at home, winning 10, drawing 8 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 35 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 13th place on 57 points in the Championship league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 21 away games, winning 6, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 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	42	25	10	7	42	85	w 3-2F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
2	Ipswich	40	21	12	7	31	75	d 1-1F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	9	73	w 4-0F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
4	M'Boro	42	20	12	10	20	72	l 1-3A	l 2-1A	d 2-2F	l 4-0A
5	Southampton	41	19	12	10	20	69	d 1-1F	l 3-1A	May 2	w 0-2F
6	Hull	42	20	8	14	4	68	l 2-3A	Apr 18	l 0-3A	d 2-2F
7	Wrexham	42	17	13	12	3	64	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
8	Derby	42	18	9	15	8	63	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
9	Norwich	42	17	7	18	5	58	w 4-1F	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
10	Bristol C	42	16	10	16	1	58	Apr 25	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
11	QPR	42	16	10	16	-5	58	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	1	57	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	d 2-2F	d 1-1F
13	Preston	42	14	15	13	-3	57	Apr 22	w 0-1F	-	-
14	Swansea	42	16	9	17	-4	57	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	d 1-1F
15	Birmingham	42	15	11	16	-1	56	-	-	l 0-1A	Apr 22
16	Stoke	42	15	10	17	3	55	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0
17	Sheff Utd	42	16	6	20	0	54	d 1-1F	l 3-0A	w 3-2A	Apr 25
18	Charlton	42	12	13	17	-12	49	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2A
19	Blackburn	42	12	12	18	-12	48	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
20	West Brom	42	11	13	18	-14	46	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
21	Portsmouth	41	11	12	18	-16	45	w 4-0F	May 2	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
22	Oxford Utd	42	10	14	18	-13	44	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	-10	41	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
24	Sheff Wed	42	1	11	30	-57	-4	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

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	2 - 0	Wrexham
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Wrexham
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

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
Charlton	1 - 2	Preston
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	2 - 1	Charlton
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

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

Birmingham City's fans will be hoping for goals on Wednesday evening, not least because Preston North End have conceded in each of their last 10 Championship games. A PG of 1.5 for C. Davies's side suggests that run should continue.

	Birmingham 15th	Preston 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+1 Birmingham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+1 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

BIR

PNE

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Games scored	30		31
Failed to score	11		11
Scored first	20		19
Goals scored	49		50
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.1
KickOff rating		+4%

BIR

PNE

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Games conceded	32		33
Clean sheets	9		9
Conceded first	20		21
Goals conceded	52		53
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.6
KickOff rating		+2%

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
39	10	6	9
T Iwata	M Ducksch	J Stansfield	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Iwata MID	41	2	1	8 -
J Stansfield FWD	40	9	6	8 -
C Klarer DEF	39	3		8 1
S Paik MID	39	4	1	6 -
T Doyle MID	36		3	1 1
P Roberts FWD	35	4	5	2 -
D Gray FWD	34	5	4	4 -
M Ducksch FWD	32	10	2	1 -
J Beadle GLK	31			4 -
P Neumann DEF	28	2		4 -
K Furuhashi FWD	28	1		1 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	23		1	5 -
A Cochrane DEF	19	1	4	3 -
E Laird DEF	17		1	2 -
J Robinson DEF	15	1	1	4 2
I Osman FWD	14	1	1	2 -
J Solís MID	13			3 1
C Vicente FWD	13	3	1	1 -
A. Priske FWD	13		1	1 -
K Wagner DEF	12		2	1 -
R Allsop GLK	11			2 -
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	1	5
P Roberts FWD	4	11	5	8
C Klarer DEF	3	4		1
C Vicente FWD	3	8	1
T Iwata MID	2	11	1	6
P Neumann DEF	2	4
K Furuhashi FWD	1	9		1
A Cochrane DEF	1	4	4	4
J Robinson DEF	1	4	1	1
I Osman FWD	1	8	1	2
T Doyle MID		6	3	3
B Osayi-Samuel DEF		1	1	2
E Laird DEF		1	1	3
J Solís MID		4		1
A. Priske FWD		5	1	3
K Wagner DEF		1	2	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2542	64	277
C Klarer	T Iwata	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	2542	42	277
T Iwata MID	1825	64	153
S Paik MID	1596	58	145
P Neumann DEF	1349	30	123
J Beadle GLK	1118		15
T Doyle MID	1109	35	66
A Cochrane DEF	834	22	66
P Roberts FWD	832	40	120
J Robinson DEF	715	11	83
D Gray FWD	601	37	110
K Wagner DEF	547	25	59
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	496	20	75
M Ducksch FWD	495	4	40
R Allsop GLK	477	1	6
J Solís MID	473	19	55
J Stansfield FWD	452	45	86
E Laird DEF	383	15	77
J Panzo DEF	259	5	30
I Osman FWD	200	23	66
C Vicente FWD	171	12	35
A. Priske FWD	95	3	47
K Furuhashi FWD	91	9	26
K Fujimoto MID	18	1	2

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	8	8	10
B Whiteman	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Devine MID	41	8	4	4 -
B Whiteman MID	41	2	5	10 -
J Storey DEF	40	2	2	8 1
O Offiah DEF	39			5 -
T Small DEF	38	3	2	5 -
A Hughes DEF	35			10 -
L Dobbin FWD	35	8	8	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	34	6	2	2 -
M Smith FWD	34	3	1	2 -
D Iversen GLK	32		1	2 -
P Valentín DEF	31		2	2 -
A Vukcevic DEF	26		2	-
A McCann MID	26	1	1	5 -
L Gibson DEF	25	1		3 -
M Osmajic FWD	25	8	1	3 1
L Lindsay DEF	23			4 1
J Thompson MID	16		2	4 -
J Lewis DEF	14		1	1 -
B Potts DEF	12	2	2	1 -
D Cornell GLK	7			1 -
A Moran MID	7	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	20	8	9
A Devine	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Devine MID	8	20	4	8
L Dobbin FWD	8	19	8	4
M Osmajic FWD	8	18	1	2
D Jebbison FWD	6	13	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
B Potts DEF	2	6	2	1
A McCann MID	1	5	1	2
L Gibson DEF	1	5		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
1898	91	275
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1898	76	146
J Storey DEF	1474	46	275
A Hughes DEF	1438	61	223
A Devine MID	1109	46	103
L Gibson DEF	1092	27	110
D Iversen GLK	1053		15
O Offiah DEF	878	91	169
A McCann MID	672	71	115
L Lindsay DEF	520	18	109
P Valentín DEF	478	67	122
L Dobbin FWD	471	17	88
T Small DEF	432	35	89
J Thompson MID	336	8	33
M Smith FWD	325	16	129
D Jebbison FWD	296	21	107
A Vukcevic DEF	276	18	48
D Cornell GLK	232		5
J Lewis DEF	195	9	19
M Osmajic FWD	190	10	61
B Potts DEF	169	7	27
A Moran MID	129	12	26
J Walton GLK	72
C Lang FWD	46	4	15
R Brady MID	19		5
M. Luković FWD	1