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

Championship · Tuesday 19 April 2016

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 19 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 19 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (13') and Clayton Donaldson (59'). Preston North End scored through Alan Browne (73') and Greg Cunningham (89').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 58 points from 42 and Preston North End 10th on 57 points from 42. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Preston North End 11th with 62.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton Donaldson of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of David Davis (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 1 draw and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 13'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Joe GarnerPreston North End
  • 38'Yellow card · Jacques MaghomaBirmingham City
  • 40'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 58'Yellow card · Bailey WrightPreston North End
  • 59'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End
  • 73'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 2-1
  • 89'Goal · Greg CunninghamPreston North End · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kyle LaffertyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Stevie MayPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Will KeanePreston North End · injury (Groin Injury)

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Davis, Jacques Maghoma, Diego Fabbrini, David Cotterill, Clayton Donaldson

Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)

Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter