Birmingham City v Preston North End betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 20.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 18th position in the Championship table. Visiting Preston North End holds 13th place with 32 pts.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Birmingham nor Preston North End as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Birmingham City, who have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at St. Andrew's Stadium. With eight home Championship games in a row without a win, the Birmingham fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Huddersfield Town game long ago, can be stopped today.

Birmingham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Middlesbrough's place. The match ended 1-0 with Scott Hogan scoring. A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Manchester City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Birmingham City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Birmingham as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Birmingham City has won six of these, drawn seven and lost six.

Birmingham City aren't scoring a lot here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

6-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Preston North End in their Championship matches away.

S. Maguire was the last player to score for the away team. Preston haven't scored a league goal in the last 217 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Preston, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Bristol City in the Championship. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Wycombe Wanderers's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Preston North End wins, four draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Preston, the Championship home match versus Reading. Busy days.

Preston North End are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Preston rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Preston North End - Birmingham 1-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Birmingham won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Preston North End has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
7 goals
Preston North EndT. Barkhuizen
T. Barkhuizen
4 goals
BirminghamS. Hogan
S. Hogan
3 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
6 2 1 Won W 2 6 10
8 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
10 8 2 Lost L 1 5 12
18 8 3 Scored S 4 20 30
29 21 5 Conceded C 2 20 33
79% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 92% 71%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 75% 54%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 21%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 38%
33% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 29%
42% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 9.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 9.8
2.4 2.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 3.6
32% 32% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 43% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City has the most conceded goals (21) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 24 15 5 4 33 21 12 7 4 1 15 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 12 50
2 Swansea City 24 13 7 4 29 13 12 7 4 1 15 5 12 6 3 3 14 8 16 46
3 AFC Bournemouth 24 11 9 4 38 20 12 7 3 2 21 10 12 4 6 2 17 10 18 42
4 Brentford 22 11 8 3 36 21 11 5 5 1 18 11 11 6 3 2 18 10 15 41
5 Watford 23 11 7 5 27 17 12 9 2 1 22 9 11 2 5 4 5 8 10 40
6 Reading 23 12 4 7 34 28 11 7 0 4 16 12 12 5 4 3 18 16 6 40
7 Middlesbrough 23 10 6 7 28 19 11 7 2 2 15 5 12 3 4 5 13 14 9 36
8 Stoke City 24 9 9 6 27 23 12 5 3 4 17 17 12 4 6 2 10 6 4 36
9 Bristol City 23 11 3 9 25 24 12 6 2 4 12 10 11 5 1 5 13 14 1 36
10 Barnsley 24 10 4 10 27 31 12 6 2 4 14 13 12 4 2 6 13 18 -4 34
11 Blackburn Rovers 24 9 6 9 39 28 12 5 4 3 19 13 12 4 2 6 20 15 11 33
12 Luton Town 24 9 6 9 21 26 12 5 4 3 15 13 12 4 2 6 6 13 -5 33
13 Preston North End 24 10 2 12 30 33 12 4 1 7 10 13 12 6 1 5 20 20 -3 32
14 Huddersfield Town 24 9 4 11 28 34 12 7 1 4 17 11 12 2 3 7 11 23 -6 31
15 Cardiff City 23 8 5 10 30 27 12 4 2 6 19 16 11 4 3 4 11 11 3 29
16 Millwall 23 5 11 7 20 24 11 1 7 3 9 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 -4 26
17 Coventry City 23 6 8 9 22 31 11 4 5 2 12 13 12 2 3 7 10 18 -9 26
18 Birmingham City 24 6 8 10 18 29 12 2 2 8 8 21 12 4 6 2 10 8 -11 26
19 Nottingham Forest 24 6 7 11 19 27 12 4 4 4 13 12 12 2 3 7 6 15 -8 25
20 Queens Park Rangers 23 5 9 9 22 30 11 3 4 4 11 13 12 2 5 5 11 17 -8 24
21 Sheffield Wednesday 23 6 7 10 15 23 12 4 5 3 9 8 11 2 2 7 6 15 -8 19
22 Rotherham United 21 5 4 12 20 29 10 3 2 5 12 12 11 2 2 7 8 17 -9 19
23 Derby County 23 4 7 12 14 25 12 1 4 7 5 15 11 3 3 5 9 10 -11 19
24 Wycombe Wanderers 23 3 6 14 16 35 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 8 21 -19 15

Birmingham City:
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Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 24 15 5 4 33 21 12 7 4 1 15 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 12 50
2 Swansea City 24 13 7 4 29 13 12 7 4 1 15 5 12 6 3 3 14 8 16 46
3 AFC Bournemouth 24 11 9 4 38 20 12 7 3 2 21 10 12 4 6 2 17 10 18 42
4 Brentford 22 11 8 3 36 21 11 5 5 1 18 11 11 6 3 2 18 10 15 41
5 Watford 23 11 7 5 27 17 12 9 2 1 22 9 11 2 5 4 5 8 10 40
6 Reading 23 12 4 7 34 28 11 7 0 4 16 12 12 5 4 3 18 16 6 40
7 Middlesbrough 23 10 6 7 28 19 11 7 2 2 15 5 12 3 4 5 13 14 9 36
8 Stoke City 24 9 9 6 27 23 12 5 3 4 17 17 12 4 6 2 10 6 4 36
9 Bristol City 23 11 3 9 25 24 12 6 2 4 12 10 11 5 1 5 13 14 1 36
10 Barnsley 24 10 4 10 27 31 12 6 2 4 14 13 12 4 2 6 13 18 -4 34
11 Blackburn Rovers 24 9 6 9 39 28 12 5 4 3 19 13 12 4 2 6 20 15 11 33
12 Luton Town 24 9 6 9 21 26 12 5 4 3 15 13 12 4 2 6 6 13 -5 33
13 Preston North End 24 10 2 12 30 33 12 4 1 7 10 13 12 6 1 5 20 20 -3 32
14 Huddersfield Town 24 9 4 11 28 34 12 7 1 4 17 11 12 2 3 7 11 23 -6 31
15 Cardiff City 23 8 5 10 30 27 12 4 2 6 19 16 11 4 3 4 11 11 3 29
16 Millwall 23 5 11 7 20 24 11 1 7 3 9 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 -4 26
17 Coventry City 23 6 8 9 22 31 11 4 5 2 12 13 12 2 3 7 10 18 -9 26
18 Birmingham City 24 6 8 10 18 29 12 2 2 8 8 21 12 4 6 2 10 8 -11 26
19 Nottingham Forest 24 6 7 11 19 27 12 4 4 4 13 12 12 2 3 7 6 15 -8 25
20 Queens Park Rangers 23 5 9 9 22 30 11 3 4 4 11 13 12 2 5 5 11 17 -8 24
21 Sheffield Wednesday 23 6 7 10 15 23 12 4 5 3 9 8 11 2 2 7 6 15 -8 19
22 Rotherham United 21 5 4 12 20 29 10 3 2 5 12 12 11 2 2 7 8 17 -9 19
23 Derby County 23 4 7 12 14 25 12 1 4 7 5 15 11 3 3 5 9 10 -11 19
24 Wycombe Wanderers 23 3 6 14 16 35 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 8 21 -19 15

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