Possible nail-biting contest in Birmingham City - Preston North End game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City are looking to set aside the league table before this fixture vs Preston North End. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have the most clean sheets (7) away in Championship

Birmingham City have less rest than Preston North End in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Forest Green Rovers.

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Birmingham City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Birmingham City have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games. It's trouble wherever Birmingham are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Birmingham City are returning here after guesting Forest Green Rovers in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bristol City (2-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Birmingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Birmingham City have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Preston North End, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 7-3-3 so far.

Preston North End's previous game was their home loss versus Norwich City (0-4). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Norwich City was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Before that one, the victory at home hosting Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup (3-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Preston, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Preston North End have scored 16 goals in 13 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

Birmingham and Preston North End have met previously this season: Preston North End - Birmingham City 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Birmingham City victories, three draws and four Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
9 goals
Birmingham CityT. Deeney
T. Deeney
6 goals
Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
6 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
27 14 6 Played P 6 13 27
8 4 2 Won W 2 7 10
8 5 2 Drew D 2 3 7
11 5 2 Lost L 2 3 10
29 17 8 Scored S 5 16 24
33 16 7 Conceded C 6 12 30
85% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 78%
67% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 46% 48%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 33%
19% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 23% 19%
11% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 23% 15%
48% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 33%
30% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 54% 44%
37% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 44%
 
4.9 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4
5 5.4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5.4
2.1 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 10.9 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.7 10.7
3 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.5
36% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 25%
 
12.2 11.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.6 13.4
3.6 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 the most clean sheets (7) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.