Preston North End have harvested 3 of their 11 in total here at their home arena. How will they do against Birmingham City?
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Birmingham City have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Preston North End nor Birmingham City 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.
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End have played three Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Preston are confident in defense, having played 672 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Preston North End, who won 1-0 against Coventry City (placed 24th). Sweet to taste a league win after three matches without. Manager Lowe felt very clever after Jacobsen scored the winning goal against Coventry City, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. The goalie Woodman was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.14 out of ten. Woodman topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Cardiff City the opponent.Some information for those who like to bet on "both teams to score yes/no: This side have played 7 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
Preston North End has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Birmingham City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Birmingham City with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Recent form does not give Birmingham much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Preston North End will be a tough nut to crack.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Norwich City with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Late heartbreak for Birmingham City in the Norwich City match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Roberts, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Roberts won 5 of 9 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Rotherham United before that.It's early days yet, but Birmingham City has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Preston victories, three draws and two Birmingham City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 2 goals |   B. Potts 1 goals |  E. Riis Jakobsen 1 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Preston North End | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 5.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 16.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 13.6 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.3 | 13.4 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Birmingham City have failed to score a single goal away.
- Birmingham City have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Championship
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham City have yet to win a game away.
- Preston North End have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Preston North End have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
- Preston North End have not yet lost a game.
- Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (7) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
- Preston North End have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Preston North End have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Preston North End have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Burnley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Watford | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | Reading | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Hull City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Millwall | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 22 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
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