Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 January 2018
Result
Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Preston North End 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Preston North End drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ben Davies opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Ben Davies (17'). Birmingham City scored through Sam Gallagher (63').
Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 41 points from 27 and Birmingham City 23rd on 23 points from 27. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Gallagher of Birmingham City (7.8), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Ben Davies
- 37'Yellow card · David Davis
- 45'Yellow card · Paul Gallagher
- 59'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 63'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 88'Yellow card · Josh Earl
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Chris Maxwell, G. Cunningham, Tom Clarke, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Jonathan Grounds, M. Roberts, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Cheikh N'Doye, Jacques Maghoma, Jérémie Boga, David Davis, Sam Gallagher