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

Birmingham City 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Birmingham City defeated Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jay Stansfield opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jay Stansfield (10') and Ibrahim Osman (16'). Preston North End scored through Andrew Hughes (25').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 57 points from 43 and Preston North End 16th on 57 points from 43. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ibrahim Osman of Birmingham City (8.0), ahead of Andrew Hughes (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Preston North End.