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

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Birmingham City 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Birmingham City lost to Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ryan Ledson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Lukas Jutkiewicz (83'). Preston North End scored through Ryan Ledson (10') and Alan Browne (15').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 32 points from 27 and Preston North End 13th on 37 points from 27. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Lindsay of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Lukas Jutkiewicz (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Ryan LedsonPreston North End · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-2
  • 32'Yellow card · Hannibal MejbriBirmingham City
  • 45'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 45+1'Yellow card · T. ChongBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · J. BacunaBirmingham City
  • 83'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Tahith Chong, Hannibal, Krystian Bielik, Reda Khadra, Troy Deeney, Scott Hogan

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Ben Woodburn, Robbie Brady, Liam Delap, Tom Cannon