Preston vs Birmingham
Ref: Lewis Smith, EnglandDeepdale, Preston · 23,408 cap
Match recap
Birmingham beat Preston 1–0 in their Championship fixture. Neumann scored for Birmingham. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.34 for Preston versus 0.83 for Birmingham. Preston sit 14th in the Championship table while Birmingham are 10th.
First Half
-5'
Anderson
Yellow Card
Smith
Yellow Card
12'
Osayi-Samuel
Yellow Card
33'
⚽
Neumann
Assist: Cochrane
Second Half
54'
⇄
Koumas
54'
⇄
Osayi-Samuel
58'
Iwata
Yellow Card
63'
Leonard
Yellow Card
⇄
McCann
⇄
Vukčević
70'
⇄
Doyle
70'
⇄
Anderson
⇄
Jebbison
⇄
Hughes
85'
⇄
Stansfield
Small
Yellow Card
90+5'
Paik Seung-Ho
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 9 |  Norwich | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | +7 | 65 |
| 10 |  Birmingham | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | +1 | 64 |
| 11 |  Swansea | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 64 |
| 13 |  Sheffield Utd | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 |  Preston | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | -7 | 60 |
| 15 |  QPR | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 58 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
PrestonBirmingham
13Won
Statistical edge
13–2
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.34VS0.83
Attack6 · 0 won
17
Shots
9
6
Shots on target
2
13
Shots in the box
6
4
Shots outside box
3
8
Shots off goal
5
9
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
62%
Possession
38%
463
Total passes
290
379
Accurate passes
212
82%
Pass accuracy
73%
Discipline2 · 1 won
8
Fouls
14
2
Yellow cards
5
2
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
5
3
Blocked shots
2
1.24
Goals prevented
1.24
Preston
3-1-4-2
Birmingham
4-1-4-1Preston
3-1-4-2Starting XI
- 1D. IversenG
- 3A. VukčevićM
- 4B. WhitemanM
- 5H. ArmstrongM
- 8A. McCannM
- 9D. JebbisonF
- 14J. StoreyD
- 16A. HughesD
- 19L. GibsonD
- 24M. SmithF
- 42O. OffiahM
Substitutes
- 6L. LindsayD
- 10M. Frøkjær-JensenM
- 12J. WaltonG
- 17L. DobbinF
- 20Theo CarrollM
- 21A. DevineM
- 22S. ÞórðarsonM
- 26T. SmallD
- 28M. OsmajićF
Birmingham
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 4C. KlarerD
- 5P. NeumannD
- 7T. DoyleM
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 14K. AndersonM
- 20A. CochraneD
- 24T. IwataM
- 25J. BeadleG
- 26B. Osayi-SamuelD
- 28J. StansfieldF
- 30L. KoumasM
Substitutes
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 10D. GrayF
- 12M. LeonardM
- 17L. DykesF
- 21R. AllsopG
- 23A. SampstedD
- 27K. FujimotoM
- 41E. CashinD
- 42D. IsicheiM
Preston
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Gibson | D | 90 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin Whiteman(C) | M | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Andrija Vukčević | M | 63 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Jordan Storey | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Harrison Armstrong | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Iversen | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Odeluga Offiah | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Andrew Hughes | D | 83 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Alistair McCann | M | 63 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Daniel Jebbison | F | 72 | 6.6 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1/2 |
| Michael Smith | F | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Theo Carrol | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Walton | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liam Lindsay | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefán Teitur Þórðarson | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thierry Small | D | 27 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Alfie Devine | M | 27 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Milutin Osmajić | F | 18 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Lewis Dobbin | F | 16 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Birmingham
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Neumann | D | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Alex Cochrane | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Christoph Klarer(C) | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Beadle | G | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Doyle | M | 70 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seung-Ho Paik | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Lewis Koumas | M | 54 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | D | 54 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tomoki Iwata | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Jay Stansfield | F | 85 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1/5 |
| Keshi Anderson | M | 70 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Ryan Allsop | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kanya Fujimoto | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Isichei | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eiran Cashin | D | 20 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Leonard | M | 36 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Alfons Sampsted | D | 14 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 20 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Demarai Gray | F | 36 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |