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

Tue 21st Oct, 19:45 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Paul Heckingbottom and Chris Davies meet in the Championship on Tuesday evening, as Preston North End face Birmingham City at the Deepdale. The predictions shown are based on extensive statistical analysis of each side, across seventeen of the main betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across them all.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're anticipating a game with little to choose between the sides here and, as such, we predict under 2.5 goals. For those unfamiliar with that term, this simply means that 2 goals or fewer will be scored in total as Preston and Birmingham go head-to-head. Good performances all round will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have faith in both sides to deliver just that. The stats and the odds below also suggest this is a strong tip.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 49%	-	21/10 3%
Draw 27%	-	21/10 3%
Birmingham 23%	-	7/5
Preston 1-0 15%	-	6/1
Draw 1-1 13%	-	19/4
Draw 0-0 10%	-	11/2 7%
Preston 2-0 10%	-	11/1
Birmingham 1-0 9%	-	5/1 8%
Preston 2-1 9%	-	9/1
Birmingham 2-1 5%	-	8/1
Preston 3-0 5%	-	25/1
Preston 3-1 4%	-	22/1
Birmingham 2-0 4%	-	17/2
Draw 2-2 4%	-	14/1
Preston 3-2 2%	-	28/1
Preston 4-0 2%	-	50/1
Birmingham 3-1 2%	-	16/1
Preston 4-1 1%	-	45/1
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	-	11/8 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	-	8/15 3%
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	5/4 2%
Away 1st Goal 41%	-	19/20
No 1st Goal 7%	-	11/2 7%
BTTS - Yes 44%	-	21/20 3%
BTTS - No 56%	-	7/10 3%
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	11/2
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 9%	-	17/4
Home/draw 77%	-	11/20
Away/draw 51%	-	4/11
Home/away 73%	-	7/20
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	-	4/9
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	-	8/5 1%
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	-	17/5 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	-	2/11 2%
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	-	8/1 6%
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	-	1/20 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	18/1 12%
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	1/200
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	1/11 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	11/2 7%
Home DNB 68%	-	11/10
Away DNB 43%	-	4/6
Preston win to nil 32%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 14%	-	-
Preston / Preston 16%	-	19/5
Preston / Birmingham 3%	-	22/1
Preston / Draw 6%	-	12/1
Draw / Preston 12%	-	11/2
Draw / Birmingham 15%	-	17/4
Draw / Draw 19%	-	3/1 5%
Birmingham / Preston 3%	-	25/1
Birmingham / Birmingham 20%	-	14/5
Birmingham / Draw 6%	-	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table. Preston are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Preston have outscored their opponents by 11 goals to 8 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 5 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 7 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Birmingham are in 16th position in the Championship on 12 points having played 9 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Birmingham have conceded 7 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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	Preston Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	9	5	4	0	20	19	Dec 9	Mar 11	Jan 4	l 3-0A
2	M'Boro	9	5	3	1	6	18	d 2-2F	Jan 24	Feb 28	Nov 8
3	Leicester	9	4	4	1	5	16	w 2-1F	Apr 3	Feb 7	l 2-0A
4	Preston	9	4	4	1	4	16	-	-	Apr 22	Oct 21
5	Stoke	9	4	3	2	5	15	Mar 21	Dec 26	Jan 24	l 1-0A
6	QPR	9	4	3	2	-1	15	Apr 6	d 1-1A	Mar 10	Dec 9
7	West Brom	9	4	2	3	-1	14	Apr 18	Oct 18	Feb 14	Nov 26
8	Millwall	9	4	2	3	-3	14	Feb 28	Nov 8	Nov 4	Feb 25
9	Ipswich	8	3	4	1	7	13	w 1-0F	Jan 31	d 1-1F	Apr 6
10	Bristol C	9	3	4	2	5	13	d 0-00-0	Jan 4	Apr 25	Oct 25
11	Watford	9	3	3	3	0	12	Feb 14	Nov 25	Dec 1	Jan 1
12	Swansea	9	3	3	3	0	12	Nov 5	Feb 24	w 1-0F	Jan 17
13	Charlton	9	3	3	3	0	12	w 2-0F	Apr 11	Dec 13	Mar 7
14	Portsmouth	9	3	3	3	-1	12	Feb 7	l 1-0A	Nov 1	May 2
15	Hull	9	3	3	3	-2	12	Jan 20	d 2-2F	Oct 18	Apr 18
16	Birmingham	9	3	3	3	-3	12	Oct 21	Apr 22	-	-
17	Southampton	9	2	5	2	-1	11	May 2	Nov 1	Dec 29	Dec 6
18	Wrexham	9	2	4	3	-1	10	Dec 6	Dec 29	Apr 11	d 1-1A
19	Norwich	9	2	2	5	-3	8	Dec 20	Mar 14	Nov 22	Feb 21
20	Derby	9	1	5	3	-4	8	Jan 17	w 0-1F	Dec 26	Mar 21
21	Blackburn	8	2	1	5	-4	7	Nov 21	Feb 21	Apr 3	w 1-2A
22	Oxford Utd	9	1	3	5	-3	6	Mar 7	Dec 13	w 1-0F	Jan 31
23	Sheff Wed	9	1	3	5	-12	6	Jan 1	Nov 29	d 2-2F	Jan 20
24	Sheff Utd	9	1	0	8	-13	3	Oct 24	Apr 25	Mar 14	Dec 20

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Preston have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
Preston	1 - 2	QPR
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 0	Hull
Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
Preston	1 - 1	Derby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
A	Preston	2 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
A	Preston	1 - 0	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
A	Preston	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
H	Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Preston	1 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
A	Preston	1 - 2	Leeds
H	Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
H	Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sunderland
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wrexham	1 - 1	Birmingham
Coventry	3 - 0	Birmingham
Stoke	1 - 0	Birmingham
Leicester	2 - 0	Birmingham
Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
Cambridge	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackpool	0 - 2	Birmingham
Stevenage	0 - 1	Birmingham
Burton	1 - 2	Birmingham
Peterborough	1 - 2	Birmingham
Bristol R	1 - 2	Birmingham
Northampton	1 - 1	Birmingham
Bolton	3 - 1	Birmingham
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Huddersfield	0 - 1	Birmingham
Wrexham	1 - 1	Birmingham
Wigan	0 - 3	Birmingham
Stockport	1 - 1	Birmingham
Crawley	0 - 1	Birmingham
Barnsley	1 - 2	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Swansea
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Birmingham	0 - 2	Leicester
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Blackburn
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Cambridge
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Blackpool
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Stevenage
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Burton
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Bristol R
H	Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 13

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

2 / 13

PNE

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
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

Birmingham

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 13

10 / 13

Clean sheets

3 / 13

4 / 13

PNE

BIR

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

Goal Statistics

	Preston 4th	Birmingham 16th
	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 Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 42% 1 36% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Birmingham scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-16 Birmingham have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

22%

better

PNE

BIR

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Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	2		3
Scored first	6		4
Goals scored	11		8
Avg. goals scored	1.2		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		9
Conversion rate for	15		11
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+22%

36%

better

PNE

BIR

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Games conceded	5		7
Clean sheets	4		2
Conceded first	2		5
Goals conceded	7		11
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		5
Conversion rate against	10%		20%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1
KickOff rating		+36%

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

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	2	5
D Iversen	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	9		1	1 -
T Small DEF	9	2	1	1 -
J Storey DEF	9	1	1	2 -
L Gibson DEF	9			-
A McCann MID	9			1 -
B Whiteman MID	9		2	2 -
M Smith FWD	9	1		1 -
A Hughes DEF	8			5 -
A Vukcevic DEF	8			-
A Devine MID	8	2	1	1 -
P Valentín DEF	7		1	1 -
O Offiah DEF	7			-
D Jebbison FWD	6	1		-
M Osmajic FWD	6	3		2 -
L Lindsay DEF	5			2 -
H. Armstrong MID	5			1 -
S Thórdarson MID	5			1 -
L Dobbin FWD	5	1	2	-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	2	3
M Osmajic	T Small	B Whiteman	T Small

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Osmajic FWD	3	6		1
T Small DEF	2	6	1	3
A Devine MID	2	3	1	1
J Storey DEF	1	2	1
M Smith FWD	1	2
D Jebbison FWD	1	2
L Dobbin FWD	1	1	2
D Iversen GLK			1	1
L Gibson DEF		3
A McCann MID		1
B Whiteman MID		1	2	2
A Hughes DEF		1		1
P Valentín DEF			1	1
S Thórdarson MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
418	24	53
L Gibson	A McCann	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Gibson DEF	418	12	43
B Whiteman MID	377	19	34
D Iversen GLK	352		3
A Hughes DEF	323	13	41
J Storey DEF	303	12	53
A McCann MID	242	24	40
A Devine MID	163	11	19
T Small DEF	129	11	27
P Valentín DEF	108	19	31
M Smith FWD	93	3	30
H. Armstrong MID	93	6	9
L Dobbin FWD	66	1	16
A Vukcevic DEF	56	3	9
M Osmajic FWD	47	5	19
D Jebbison FWD	46	4	14
S Thórdarson MID	42	2	6
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	42	4	11
L Lindsay DEF	39	1	15
O Offiah DEF	34	5	8

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	1	4
C Klarer	J Stansfield	D Gray	B Osayi-Samuel

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Klarer DEF	9			2 -
T Doyle MID	9			-
S Paik MID	9	1		2 -
T Iwata MID	9			2 -
K Furuhashi FWD	9			1 -
D Gray FWD	9	1	1	2 -
R Allsop GLK	8			1 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	8			4 -
L Dykes FWD	8	2		-
J Stansfield FWD	8	3	1	2 -
E Laird DEF	7		1	-
A Cochrane DEF	7			1 -
L. Koumas FWD	6			1 -
P Neumann DEF	5			-
P Roberts FWD	5	1	1	1 -
K Anderson FWD	5			-
E Cashin DEF	4			-
J Robinson DEF	3			1 1
M Leonard MID	3			-
W Willumsson MID	3			-
M Ducksch FWD	3			-
J Beadle GLK	1			-
K Fujimoto MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	5	1	3
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	D Gray	D Gray

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	3	5	1	2
L Dykes FWD	2	2		1
S Paik MID	1	1		1
D Gray FWD	1	4	1	3
P Roberts FWD	1	1	1	1
C Klarer DEF				1
T Doyle MID				1
T Iwata MID		1		1
K Furuhashi FWD		3		1
B Osayi-Samuel DEF				1
E Laird DEF		1	1	1
A Cochrane DEF		1		1
K Anderson FWD		1		1
E Cashin DEF		1
M Leonard MID		1
W Willumsson MID				1
M Ducksch FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
692	17	68
C Klarer	T Iwata	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	692	10	68
T Iwata MID	432	17	33
S Paik MID	389	16	42
R Allsop GLK	339	1	3
A Cochrane DEF	283	9	33
P Neumann DEF	258	6	16
E Laird DEF	216	9	45
D Gray FWD	198	13	40
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	193	4	39
J Robinson DEF	161		10
T Doyle MID	119	5	6
E Cashin DEF	106	2	13
M Leonard MID	103	4	4
P Roberts FWD	91	6	18
K Anderson FWD	82	11	26
J Stansfield FWD	73	6	14
L. Koumas FWD	60	3	7
W Willumsson MID	57	6	10
L Dykes FWD	55	3	21
J Beadle GLK	54
K Furuhashi FWD	36	3	10
M Ducksch FWD	26		4
K Fujimoto MID	1