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.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Franck Queudrue
- 34'Yellow card · Lee Bowyer
- 36'Yellow card · Jon Parkin
- 44'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
- 57'Goal · Keith Fahey
- 61'Red card · L. Williamson
- 62'Second yellow · Lee Bowyer
- 69'Goal · P. McKenna
- 88'Yellow card · Radhi Jaïdi
- 89'Goal · Ross Wallace
- 90'Second yellow · Ross Wallace
Head-to-head
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