Birmingham City v Preston North End Tips, Predictions and Odds
Birmingham City host Preston North End in matchday 25 of the Championship on Wednesday 20th January, 7:45pm at St. Andrew's Stadium. The hosts currently sit in 17th place in the table having lost against Preston North End 0-1 last time out, while the visitors are in 13th after their 0-1 win against Birmingham City.
PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
WIN/DRAW/WIN KEY STATISTICS:
| LEAGUE TABLE + Win/Draw/Win | ||||
| Birmingham | Scores | Preston | ||
| HOME | AWAY | TEAM | PLD | W | D | L | GD | PTS | HOME | AWAY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-3 | 1-0 | Norwich | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 67 | Apr 2 | 2-2 | ||||
1-0 | Apr 5 | Brentford | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 63 | Apr 10 | 2-4 | ||||
0-1 | Mar 20 | Watford | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 60 | 0-1 | 4-1 | ||||
Apr 2 | 0-0 | Swansea | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 0-1 | Apr 5 | ||||
Mar 17 | 1-2 | Reading | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 0-0 | 0-3 | ||||
1-3 | 3-2 | Bournemouth | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 52 | Mar 6 | 2-3 | ||||
1-2 | Mar 6 | Barnsley | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 51 | May 1 | 2-1 | ||||
May 1 | 3-2 | Cardiff | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 0-1 | 4-0 | ||||
1-4 | 0-1 | M'Boro | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 3-0 | Mar 16 | ||||
Apr 10 | 1-1 | Stoke | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0-1 | Apr 17 | ||||
Mar 13 | 0-1 | Bristol C | 33 | 14 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 45 | 1-0 | 2-0 | ||||
0-0 | 2-0 | Millwall | 33 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 0-2 | Mar 2 | ||||
0-1 | 1-2 | Preston A | 33 | 13 | 4 | 16 | -5 | 43 | - | - | ||||
0-1 | 1-1 | Luton | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 41 | Mar 20 | 3-0 | ||||
0-2 | May 8 | Blackburn | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 0-3 | 1-2 | ||||
Apr 20 | 0-0 | Nottm Forest | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 40 | 0-1 | May 8 | ||||
2-1 | 0-0 | QPR | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 40 | 0-0 | 0-2 | ||||
0-4 | Apr 24 | Derby | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 38 | Apr 20 | 0-1 | ||||
2-1 | Mar 2 | Huddersfield | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 36 | 3-0 | 1-2 | ||||
1-1 | 0-0 | Coventry | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 35 | 2-0 | Apr 24 | ||||
- | - | Birmingham H | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -16 | 34 | 1-2 | 0-1 | ||||
1-1 | Apr 17 | Rotherham | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 29 | 1-2 | 2-1 | ||||
0-1 | 0-1 | Sheff Wed | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 28 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||||
1-2 | 0-0 | Wycombe | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -28 | 23 | 2-2 | Mar 13 |
| Games scored | 19 | 20 | |
| Failed to score | 14 | 13 | |
| Scored first | 14 | 14 | |
| Goals scored | 25 | 37 | |
| Avg. scored | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Shots per game | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Shots per goal | 13.0 | 9.0 | |
| Conversion rate | 8% | 11% | |
| KickOff rating |
| Games conceded | 23 | 22 | |
| Clean sheets | 10 | 11 | |
| Conceded first | 13 | 17 | |
| Goals conceded | 41 | 42 | |
| Avg. conceded | 1.2 | 1.3 | |
| Shots per game | 11.0 | 12.0 | |
| Shots per goal | 9.0 | 9.0 | |
| Conversion rate | 11% | 9% | |
| KickOff rating |
PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
CORRECT SCORE KEY STATISTICS:
Birmingham have scored 2 goals or more in 3 of their last 20 home games. Preston have conceded at least 2 goals in 10 of their last 20 away games.
Birmingham have conceded 1 goal or less in 8 of their last 20 home league games. Preston have scored 1 goal or less in 12 of their last 20 away league games
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PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE KEY STATISTICS
65% of Birmingham's last 20 home league games have ended with Both teams scoring. They won 1, drew 7 and lost 5 of those games.
50% of Preston's last 20 away league games ended with both teams scoring, they won 4, drew 3 and lost 3 of those games.
The last time Birmingham failed to score at home in the league was a 0-2 loss to Blackburn in January this year.
The last time Preston kept a clean sheet away in the league was in a 1-0 win against Derby in December 2020.
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PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
OVER/UNDER 2.5 GOALS KEY STATISTICS
Birmingham's last 20 home league games have averaged 3 goals a game. Preston's last 20 away league games have averaged 2.8 goals a game.
Birmingham have scored on average at home in the league 1 goal a game and conceded on average 2.1 goals.
Preston have scored on average away in the league 1.4 goals a game and conceded on average 1.4 goals
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PREDICTIONS:
LAST MATCH KEY STATISTICS
Birmingham City's last starting line-up was:
| GLK: | Neil Etheridge |
| DEF: | Maxime Colin, George Friend, Mikel San Jose, Harlee Dean |
| MID: | Maikel Kieftenbeld, Ivan Sunjic, Ivan Sanchez, Jon Toral |
| FWD: | Jeremie Bela, Scott Hogan |
In the Championship this season, this Birmingham City XI has played 197 matches and scored 11 goals.
This Championship line-up has 641 all-time Championship appearances and 34 goals.
Preston North End's last starting line-up was:
| GLK: | Daniel Iversen |
| DEF: | Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Andrew Hughes |
| MID: | Alan Browne, Scott Sinclair, Brad Potts, Jayson Molumby, Ryan Ledson, Ben Whiteman |
| FWD: | Emil Riis Jakobsen |
In the Championship this season, this Preston North End XI has played 129 matches and scored 17 goals.
This Championship line-up has 639 all-time Championship appearances and 57 goals.
Birmingham have won 10% of their last 20 home league games and Preston have lost 40% of their last 20 away league games.
The last time Preston won away in the league was 2 games ago against Derby. The last time Birmingham lost a home league game was 1 match ago against Blackburn.
Birmingham last kept a clean sheet at home 6 games ago, and have kept 2 clean sheets in their last 20 home games. Preston last failed to score away in the league 1 games ago and have missed the net in 6 of their last 20 away league games.
Of the 2 league games Birmingham has won at home, they scored first 2 times. Of the 8 away games Preston has lost, they conceded first 7 times.
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