Birmingham v Preston result

Full-time · Birmingham 0–0 Preston

Championship · Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:00 BST · St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium

Updated 10 May 2026, 04:49 UK · refreshed continuously

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Birmingham 0–0 Preston — this Championship match was drawn.

Next for Birmingham: Cardiff v Birmingham, Saturday 24 October — the preview. Next for Preston: Preston v West Brom, Saturday 24 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Birmingham 0–0 Preston · Championship
Venue: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium · Birmingham
Referee: M. Donohue
Head-to-head (last 6): Birmingham 2 · draws 0 · Preston 4 · 1.83 goals/game
Recent form: Birmingham 1W 1D 3L · Preston 2W 3D 0L

Birmingham 0–0 Preston (Championship): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 10 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.13 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.5 / 1 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

2.5 / 4.4

Corners

against 2.5 / 2.2 · 0 of the last 3 over 9.5

over 4 matches

2.75 / 6.8

Shots on target

against 3.25 / 2.6 · 0 of the last 3 over 8.5

over 4 matches

1.75 / 2.4

Cards

against 1.75 / 1.6 · 2 of the last 3 over 3.5

over 4 matches

4.91 yellows

Referee · M. Donohue

2.18 home / 2.73 away

over 11 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 21 September 2021. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 21 September 2021. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Birmingham for / against	Line	Preston for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	2.5 for · 2.5 against n 4 Last 5	9.5standard	4.4 for · 2.2 against n 5 Last 5
Shots	9.5 for · 10 against n 4 Last 5	19.5standard	14 for · 9.2 against n 5 Last 5
Shots on target	2.75 for · 3.25 against n 4 Last 5	8.5standard	6.8 for · 2.6 against n 5 Last 5
Fouls committed	13.75 for · 8 against n 4 Last 5	21.5standard	13 for · 9 against n 5 Last 5
Cards shown	1.75 for · 1.75 against n 4 Last 5	3.5standard	2.4 for · 1.6 against n 5 Last 5

Referee: M. Donohue — 4.91 yellow cards a game, 0.18 red cards, 22.27 fouls over 11 matches (2.18 to the home side, 2.73 to the away side).

Home 2.18Away 2.73

Birmingham

Birmingham — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Aneke n 8	33.8	3 5/4	0.7 2/0	—
L. Jutkiewicz n 8	77	1.9 7/3	1.2 6/2	—
G. Gardner n 8	60	1.7 6/1	1.3 4/3	—
Juan Familia-Castillo n 6	46.2	1.6 4/1	1.3 3/1	—
K. Pedersen n 8	90	1.5 8/3	0.5 4/0	—

Birmingham — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Aneke n 8	33.8	4.7 4/3	1.3 2/1
S. Hogan n 8	53.5	2.7 6/5	0.8 3/1
T. Deeney n 8	46.4	2.2 5/2	1.2 2/1
R. McGree n 8	37.6	1.8 5/1	0.6 2/0
L. Jutkiewicz n 8	77	1.6 6/3	0.7 4/1

Birmingham — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
S. Hogan n 8	53.5	0.6 2/1	0 0/0
T. Deeney n 8	46.4	0.5 2/0	0 0/0
Jérémie Bela n 8	80.6	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0
C. Aneke n 8	33.8	0.3 1/0	0 0/0
M. Colin n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0

Birmingham — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Colin n 8	90	2.8 7/6
C. Lakin n 8	55	2.7 6/4
T. Chong n 8	72.1	2.2 5/4
Juan Familia-Castillo n 6	46.2	1.9 3/2
I. Sunjic n 8	80.8	1.8 7/5

Birmingham — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
N. Etheridge n 8	90	2.5 4/4
M. Šarkić n 8	90	2.3 6/2

Preston

Preston — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Evans n 8	85.1	2.6 5/5	2.2 8/5	—
A. Browne n 8	70.9	1.9 5/3	2.2 7/3	—
B. Potts n 8	49.1	1.8 4/2	0.7 2/1	—
R. Ledson n 8	85.3	1.7 7/4	0.7 4/1	—
C. Wickham n 8	64.9	1.7 5/4	1.9 8/2	—

Preston — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Wickham n 8	64.9	3.1 6/4	0.5 3/0
E. Riis n 8	67.6	2.7 7/4	1.7 5/3
C. Evans n 8	85.1	2.1 8/5	0.9 6/1
B. Potts n 8	49.1	2.1 6/3	0.9 4/0
B. Whiteman n 8	78.1	1.7 7/4	0.7 5/0

Preston — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
E. Riis n 8	67.6	0.8 4/1	0.3 2/0
J. Murphy n 8	28.3	0.4 1/0	0.4 1/0
S. Sinclair n 8	54.8	0.4 1/1	0.2 1/0
Daniel Johnson n 8	87	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
R. Ledson n 8	85.3	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0

Preston — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. McCann n 8	63	4.3 6/5
T. Bayliss n 8	30.1	3 5/3
B. Whiteman n 8	78.1	2.2 6/4
S. van den Berg n 8	86.1	2.1 6/4
A. Hughes n 8	90	1.6 8/3

Preston — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 September 2021. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
D. Rudd n 8	80.4	2.1 4/3
D. Iversen n 8	90	1.8 4/3

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Birmingham		Preston
50%	Possession	50%
6	Shots	9
2	Shots on target	2
2	Shots off target	4
2	Blocked shots	3
6	Shots inside the box	6
5	Corners	7
0	Offsides	3
10	Fouls	13
1	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
2	Saves	2
304	Passes	310
58%	Pass accuracy	57%

Birmingham player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Šarkić	90	0	0	0	0	0	7.6
D. Sanderson	90	0	0	1	1	0	7.3
H. Dean	90	1	0	0	3	0	7.3
G. Friend	90	0	0	0	5	0	7.2
M. Colin	90	1	1	0	3	0	7.2
R. Woods	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
I. Sunjic	90	0	0	0	2	0	6.3
Jérémie Bela	90	0	0	1	0	Y	6.7
T. Chong	90	1	1	0	2	0	6.9
T. Deeney	68	1	0	2	0	0	6.5
S. Hogan	67	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
C. Aneke sub	23	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
L. Jutkiewicz sub	22	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

Preston player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
D. Iversen	90	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
J. Storey	90	1	0	0	0	Y	7.3
P. Bauer	90	0	0	0	0	Y	6.3
A. Hughes	90	0	0	0	0	0	7
S. van den Berg	90	0	0	2	2	0	7.2
R. Ledson	90	1	0	0	2	Y	6.9
J. Earl	90	2	1	1	1	0	6.9
E. Riis	90	1	1	2	0	0	7.3
Daniel Johnson	88	0	0	0	2	0	6.9
B. Whiteman	70	0	0	2	3	0	7.2
S. Maguire	70	1	0	0	1	0	6.2
A. McCann sub	20	0	0	0	3	0	7.3
J. Murphy sub	20	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
B. Potts sub	2	0	0	0	1	0	–

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Birmingham v Preston — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

BirminghamLDWLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 0.8 scored / 2 conceded per game

PrestonWDDDW

Last 5: 2W 3D 0L · 2 scored / 1 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Birmingham 2 · 0 draws · Preston 4 · 1.83 goals/game

2021-01-20 Birmingham 0–1 Preston
2020-10-31 Preston 1–2 Birmingham
2020-07-18 Preston 2–0 Birmingham
2019-09-21 Birmingham 0–1 Preston
2019-03-16 Preston 1–0 Birmingham
2018-12-01 Birmingham 3–0 Preston

League standing · 2021/22

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Birmingham#20 pos47 pts46 pl-25 GD

Preston#13 pos64 pts46 pl-4 GD

Goals per game

Birmingham scored1.09

Preston scored1.13

Birmingham conceded1.63

Preston conceded1.22

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What is the head-to-head record between Birmingham and Preston?: In their last 6 meetings, Birmingham won 2, Preston won 4 and there were 0 draws, averaging 1.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Birmingham and Preston?: Recent form — Birmingham 1W 1D 3L; Preston 2W 3D 0L.

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