Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 April 2009

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 25 April 2009, 16:20 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City were beaten by Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 April 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Keith Fahey opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Keith Fahey (57'). Preston North End scored through P. McKenna (69') and Ross Wallace (89').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 2nd on 80 points from 44 and Preston North End 8th on 68 points from 44. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Preston North End 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Preston North End's W-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueBirmingham City
  • 34'Yellow card · Lee BowyerBirmingham City
  • 36'Yellow card · Jon ParkinPreston North End
  • 44'Yellow card · Ross WallacePreston North End
  • 57'Goal · Keith FaheyBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 61'Red card · L. WilliamsonPreston North End
  • 62'Second yellow · Lee BowyerBirmingham City
  • 69'Goal · P. McKennaPreston North End · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Radhi JaïdiBirmingham City
  • 89'Goal · Ross WallacePreston North End · 1-2
  • 90'Second yellow · Ross WallacePreston North End

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 0, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, David Murphy, Liam Ridgewell, Fabrice Muamba, Sebastian Larsson, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Mauro Zárate, Radhi Jaïdi