Birmingham City 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Birmingham City 1-3 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City lost to Preston North End 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Maxime Colin opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Maxime Colin (35'). Preston North End scored through Daniel Johnson (56'), Jordan Hugill (60') and Tom Barkhuizen (67').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 22nd on 4 points from 7 and Preston North End 5th on 12 points from 7. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 46 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Barkhuizen of Preston North End (8.8), ahead of Daniel Johnson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 3 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · David DavisBirmingham City
  • 27'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 31'Yellow card · Josh EarlPreston North End
  • 35'Goal · Maxime ColinBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Jacques MaghomaBirmingham City
  • 56'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 60'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 1-2
  • 67'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-3
  • 70'Yellow card · J. WelshPreston North End

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 3, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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

David Adam Stockdale, Emilio Nsue, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Cheikh N'Doye, Jason Lowe, David Davis, Sam Gallagher, Jacques Maghoma, Jérémie Boga

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Chris Maxwell, Calum Woods, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill