Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 September 2022

Result

Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 3 September 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Preston North End · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Birmingham City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 September 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Maxime Colin of Birmingham City in the 16th minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 11 points from 7 and Birmingham City 22nd on 5 points from 7. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Birmingham City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Graham of Birmingham City (8.1), ahead of Robbie Brady (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Birmingham City's L-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Maxime ColinBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Marc RobertsBirmingham City
  • 69'Yellow card · Scott HoganBirmingham City
  • 83'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · J. JamesBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 3, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Alan Browne, Robbie Brady, Emil Riis, Troy Parrott

Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)

John Ruddy, Dion Sanderson, M. Roberts, Auston Trusty, Maxime Colin, Krystian Bielik, Tahith Chong, Jordan Graham, Juninho Bacuna, Troy Deeney, Scott Hogan