Birmingham 1–2 Preston – England Championship, 21 Jan 2023

Match facts

Birmingham Preston

10 Shots 8

4 Shots on target 4

5 Corners 3

12 Fouls 11

4 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (325 league matches this season so far).

Result Birmingham to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.85

Expected goals 1.19 – 1.08

Home / Draw / Away

39% 29% 33%

BirminghamDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

60% 40%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

54% 46%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

10% 0

23% 1

27% 2

20% 3

12% 4

8% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 13.3% 1–0 12.3% 0–1 11.1%

Statistics 2022/2023, before this match

Birmingham before this match, all matches

1.19points / match

1.07scored / match

1.22conceded / match

8 8 11

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 29:33

Preston before this match, all matches

1.37points / match

0.89scored / match

1.11conceded / match

10 7 10

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 24:30

Birmingham all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.07 Goals scored 0.89

1.22 Goals conceded 1.11

2.30 Total goals 2.00

10.48 Shots 11.04

3.07 Shots on target 3.44

12.00 Shots faced 13.30

4.96 Corners 4.04

5.04 Corners against 5.44

11.63 Fouls 10.96

2.04 Yellow cards 2.33

0.59 1st-half goals scored 0.41

0.48 1st-half goals conceded 0.44

How often Full Time

30% Wins 37%

30% Draws 26%

41% Losses 37%

85% Over 0.5 goals 78%

67% Over 1.5 goals 48%

44% Over 2.5 goals 33%

19% Over 3.5 goals 19%

11% Over 4.5 goals 15%

4% Over 5.5 goals 7%

48% Both teams scored 33%

30% Clean sheets 44%

37% Failed to score 44%

How often Half Time

30% Wins 19%

41% Draws 67%

30% Losses 15%

63% Over 0.5 goals 52%

33% Over 1.5 goals 22%

11% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham all matches

D

2

1

W

2

D

1

2

L

D

3

2

W

3

L

1

L

1

3

L

2

4

L

Preston all matches

2

1

W

1

W

2

1

W

2

4

L

4

1

W

1

L

1

2

L

2

L

1

W

4

L

Birmingham before this match, at home

1.21points / match

1.21scored / match

1.14conceded / match

4 5 5

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 17:16

Preston before this match, away

1.85points / match

1.23scored / match

0.92conceded / match

7 3 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 16:12

Birmingham at home away Preston

Per match

1.21 Goals scored 1.23

1.14 Goals conceded 0.92

2.36 Total goals 2.15

11.50 Shots 9.85

3.43 Shots on target 3.54

11.64 Shots faced 14.54

5.64 Corners 4.00

5.43 Corners against 6.00

12.07 Fouls 10.15

1.79 Yellow cards 2.85

0.79 1st-half goals scored 0.31

0.21 1st-half goals conceded 0.23

How often Full Time

29% Wins 54%

36% Draws 23%

36% Losses 23%

86% Over 0.5 goals 77%

71% Over 1.5 goals 46%

50% Over 2.5 goals 38%

21% Over 3.5 goals 23%

7% Over 4.5 goals 23%

0% Over 5.5 goals 8%

57% Both teams scored 38%

29% Clean sheets 54%

29% Failed to score 31%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 15%

50% Draws 77%

14% Losses 8%

50% Over 0.5 goals 38%

36% Over 1.5 goals 15%

14% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Birmingham at home

D

3

W

1

D

2

W

D

2

D

1

2

L

3

2

W

1

L

1

3

L

Preston away

1

W

D

3

2

W

1

2

L

1

W

2

4

L

2

1

W

4

1

W

2

L

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Birmingham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.01.23	Bristol City – Birmingham	4–2 (2–1)	2.25	3.30	3.30	2.10	1.73
02.01.23	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	1–3 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.30	2.10	1.73
30.12.22	Birmingham – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	1.95	3.30	4.00	2.20	1.67
27.12.22	Burnley – Birmingham	3–0 (2–0)	1.60	3.80	6.00	2.00	1.85
16.12.22	Birmingham – Reading	3–2 (3–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.63	1.50
10.12.22	Blackpool – Birmingham	0–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.30	2.63	2.10	1.73
11.11.22	Birmingham – Sunderland	1–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.20	1.66
08.11.22	Birmingham – Swansea	2–2 (1–2)	2.70	3.25	2.70	2.20	1.66
05.11.22	Stoke – Birmingham	1–2 (0–1)	2.05	3.50	3.60	2.20	1.66
02.11.22	Birmingham – Millwall	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	2.90	2.30	1.61

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.01.23	Preston – Norwich	0–4 (0–3)	2.88	3.30	2.50	2.10	1.73
02.01.23	Stoke – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	2.20	1.67
29.12.22	West Brom – Preston	2–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.50	5.00	2.10	1.73
26.12.22	Preston – Huddersfield	1–2 (1–0)	1.83	3.50	4.50	2.20	1.67
17.12.22	Preston – QPR	0–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.25	3.20	2.20	1.67
10.12.22	Blackburn – Preston	1–4 (0–1)	2.25	3.20	3.40	2.30	1.62
12.11.22	Preston – Millwall	2–4 (2–2)	2.55	3.00	3.10	2.62	1.50
04.11.22	Reading – Preston	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.10	3.30	2.50	1.53
01.11.22	Preston – Swansea	1–0 (1–0)	2.40	3.25	3.00	2.20	1.66
29.10.22	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–1)	2.80	3.00	2.75	2.30	1.61

Birmingham at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.01.23	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	1–3 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.30	2.10	1.73
30.12.22	Birmingham – Hull	0–1 (0–0)	1.95	3.30	4.00	2.20	1.67
16.12.22	Birmingham – Reading	3–2 (3–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.63	1.50
11.11.22	Birmingham – Sunderland	1–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.20	1.66
08.11.22	Birmingham – Swansea	2–2 (1–2)	2.70	3.25	2.70	2.20	1.66
02.11.22	Birmingham – Millwall	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	2.90	2.30	1.61
28.10.22	Birmingham – QPR	2–0 (2–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.72
19.10.22	Birmingham – Burnley	1–1 (0–0)	3.60	3.30	2.10	2.10	1.72
08.10.22	Birmingham – Bristol City	3–0 (2–0)	2.70	3.25	2.60	1.95	1.90
17.09.22	Birmingham – Coventry	0–0 (0–0)	2.87	3.25	2.55	2.00	1.80

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.01.23	Stoke – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	2.20	1.67
29.12.22	West Brom – Preston	2–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.50	5.00	2.10	1.73
10.12.22	Blackburn – Preston	1–4 (0–1)	2.25	3.20	3.40	2.30	1.62
04.11.22	Reading – Preston	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.10	3.30	2.50	1.53
22.10.22	Blackpool – Preston	4–2 (1–1)	2.62	3.20	2.80	2.20	1.66
18.10.22	Huddersfield – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.10	2.75	2.30	1.61
12.10.22	Bristol City – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.45	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.66
08.10.22	Norwich – Preston	2–3 (1–1)	1.70	3.60	5.25	2.10	1.72
01.10.22	Sunderland – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.20	1.66
31.08.22	Coventry – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.66

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 2

Birmingham winsDrawsPreston wins

3matches

1.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
03.09.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	0–1 (0–1)	1.66	3.60	5.75	2.20	1.66
15.01.22E1	Preston – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
25.09.21E1	Birmingham – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.30	1.61

England Championship table 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	28	18	8	2	55	26	+29	62
2	Sheffield United	28	17	6	5	48	24	+24	57
3	Watford	27	12	7	8	33	28	+5	43
4	Middlesbrough	27	12	6	9	42	33	+9	42
5	Norwich	28	12	6	10	40	31	+9	42
6	Blackburn	27	14	0	13	30	34	-4	42
7	West Brom	28	11	8	9	38	30	+8	41
8	Millwall	26	11	6	9	32	27	+5	39
9	Luton	26	10	9	7	33	29	+4	39
10	Sunderland	27	10	8	9	39	32	+7	38
11	Swansea	27	10	8	9	39	37	+2	38
12	QPR	27	10	7	10	30	33	-3	37
13	Preston	27	10	7	10	24	30	-6	37
14	Reading	27	11	4	12	31	38	-7	37
15	Coventry	27	9	8	10	29	31	-2	35
16	Hull	28	9	7	12	33	44	-11	34
17	Bristol City	27	8	8	11	36	37	-1	32
18	Birmingham	27	8	8	11	29	33	-4	32
19	Rotherham	27	7	9	11	32	39	-7	30
20	Stoke	27	8	6	13	29	37	-8	30
21	Cardiff	27	7	8	12	21	30	-9	29
22	Huddersfield	26	7	5	14	25	33	-8	26
23	Blackpool	27	6	8	13	28	40	-12	26
24	Wigan	27	6	7	14	27	47	-20	25

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	15	11	4	0	32	12	+20	37
2	Sheffield United	14	9	3	2	30	13	+17	30
3	Millwall	13	8	3	2	20	8	+12	27
4	Blackburn	13	9	0	4	20	13	+7	27
5	Reading	13	8	2	3	20	14	+6	26
6	Watford	13	7	2	4	19	12	+7	23
7	Middlesbrough	13	6	5	2	18	12	+6	23
8	West Brom	14	6	4	4	20	14	+6	22
9	Coventry	14	6	4	4	17	14	+3	22
10	Swansea	13	6	2	5	20	16	+4	20
11	Rotherham	13	5	4	4	24	17	+7	19
12	Norwich	14	5	4	5	19	16	+3	19
13	Bristol City	14	5	3	6	18	16	+2	18
14	QPR	13	5	3	5	16	17	-1	18
15	Birmingham	14	4	5	5	17	16	+1	17
16	Huddersfield	14	5	2	7	13	14	-1	17
17	Cardiff	14	4	5	5	11	12	-1	17
18	Luton	13	3	7	3	18	16	+2	16
19	Sunderland	13	4	4	5	17	16	+1	16
20	Hull	14	4	3	7	14	23	-9	15
21	Preston	14	3	4	7	8	18	-10	13
22	Blackpool	13	3	3	7	14	19	-5	12
23	Stoke	13	3	3	7	13	18	-5	12
24	Wigan	14	2	3	9	11	28	-17	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	14	8	3	3	18	11	+7	27
2	Burnley	13	7	4	2	23	14	+9	25
3	Preston	13	7	3	3	16	12	+4	24
4	Norwich	14	7	2	5	21	15	+6	23
5	Luton	13	7	2	4	15	13	+2	23
6	Sunderland	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22
7	Watford	14	5	5	4	14	16	-2	20
8	Middlesbrough	14	6	1	7	24	21	+3	19
9	West Brom	14	5	4	5	18	16	+2	19
10	Hull	14	5	4	5	19	21	-2	19
11	QPR	14	5	4	5	14	16	-2	19
12	Swansea	14	4	6	4	19	21	-2	18
13	Stoke	14	5	3	6	16	19	-3	18
14	Wigan	13	4	4	5	16	19	-3	16
15	Birmingham	13	4	3	6	12	17	-5	15
16	Blackburn	14	5	0	9	10	21	-11	15
17	Bristol City	13	3	5	5	18	21	-3	14
18	Blackpool	14	3	5	6	14	21	-7	14
19	Coventry	13	3	4	6	12	17	-5	13
20	Millwall	13	3	3	7	12	19	-7	12
21	Cardiff	13	3	3	7	10	18	-8	12
22	Reading	14	3	2	9	11	24	-13	11
23	Rotherham	14	2	5	7	8	22	-14	11
24	Huddersfield	12	2	3	7	12	19	-7	9

Birmingham Preston

Under / Over goals 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Middlesbrough	27	10	17	1.6	1.2	12	6	9	42	33	42
2	11	Swansea	27	11	16	1.4	1.4	10	8	9	39	37	38
3	10	Sunderland	27	12	15	1.4	1.2	10	8	9	39	32	38
4	14	Reading	27	12	15	1.1	1.4	11	4	12	31	38	37
5	1	Burnley	28	14	14	2.0	0.9	18	8	2	55	26	62
6	5	Norwich	28	14	14	1.4	1.1	12	6	10	40	31	42
7	6	Blackburn	27	13	14	1.1	1.3	14	0	13	30	34	42
8	16	Hull	28	14	14	1.2	1.6	9	7	12	33	44	34
9	19	Rotherham	27	13	14	1.2	1.4	7	9	11	32	39	30
10	24	Wigan	27	13	14	1.0	1.7	6	7	14	27	47	25
11	12	QPR	27	14	13	1.1	1.2	10	7	10	30	33	37
12	17	Bristol City	27	14	13	1.3	1.4	8	8	11	36	37	32
13	2	Sheffield United	28	16	12	1.7	0.9	17	6	5	48	24	57
14	18	Birmingham	27	15	12	1.1	1.2	8	8	11	29	33	32
15	20	Stoke	27	15	12	1.1	1.4	8	6	13	29	37	30
16	23	Blackpool	27	15	12	1.0	1.5	6	8	13	28	40	26
17	3	Watford	27	16	11	1.2	1.0	12	7	8	33	28	43
18	9	Luton	26	15	11	1.3	1.1	10	9	7	33	29	39
19	22	Huddersfield	26	15	11	1.0	1.3	7	5	14	25	33	26
20	7	West Brom	28	18	10	1.4	1.1	11	8	9	38	30	41
21	8	Millwall	26	16	10	1.2	1.0	11	6	9	32	27	39
22	13	Preston	27	18	9	0.9	1.1	10	7	10	24	30	37
23	15	Coventry	27	18	9	1.1	1.1	9	8	10	29	31	35
24	21	Cardiff	27	19	8	0.8	1.1	7	8	12	21	30	29

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Burnley	15	6	9	2.1	0.8	11	4	0	32	12	37
2	2	Sheffield United	14	6	8	2.1	0.9	9	3	2	30	13	30
3	10	Sunderland	13	5	8	1.3	1.2	4	4	5	17	16	16
4	11	Swansea	13	5	8	1.5	1.2	6	2	5	20	16	20
5	12	QPR	13	5	8	1.2	1.3	5	3	5	16	17	18
6	14	Reading	13	5	8	1.5	1.1	8	2	3	20	14	26
7	19	Rotherham	13	5	8	1.8	1.3	5	4	4	24	17	19
8	6	Blackburn	13	6	7	1.5	1.0	9	0	4	20	13	27
9	16	Hull	14	7	7	1.0	1.6	4	3	7	14	23	15
10	18	Birmingham	14	7	7	1.2	1.1	4	5	5	17	16	17
11	24	Wigan	14	7	7	0.8	2.0	2	3	9	11	28	9
12	3	Watford	13	7	6	1.5	0.9	7	2	4	19	12	23
13	4	Middlesbrough	13	7	6	1.4	0.9	6	5	2	18	12	23
14	5	Norwich	14	8	6	1.4	1.1	5	4	5	19	16	19
15	9	Luton	13	7	6	1.4	1.2	3	7	3	18	16	16
16	17	Bristol City	14	8	6	1.3	1.1	5	3	6	18	16	18
17	23	Blackpool	13	7	6	1.1	1.5	3	3	7	14	19	12
18	8	Millwall	13	8	5	1.5	0.6	8	3	2	20	8	27
19	20	Stoke	13	8	5	1.0	1.4	3	3	7	13	18	12
20	7	West Brom	14	10	4	1.4	1.0	6	4	4	20	14	22
21	13	Preston	14	10	4	0.6	1.3	3	4	7	8	18	13
22	15	Coventry	14	10	4	1.2	1.0	6	4	4	17	14	22
23	22	Huddersfield	14	10	4	0.9	1.0	5	2	7	13	14	17
24	21	Cardiff	14	11	3	0.8	0.9	4	5	5	11	12	17

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Middlesbrough	14	3	11	1.7	1.5	6	1	7	24	21	19
2	5	Norwich	14	6	8	1.5	1.1	7	2	5	21	15	23
3	11	Swansea	14	6	8	1.4	1.5	4	6	4	19	21	18
4	6	Blackburn	14	7	7	0.7	1.5	5	0	9	10	21	15
5	10	Sunderland	14	7	7	1.6	1.1	6	4	4	22	16	22
6	14	Reading	14	7	7	0.8	1.7	3	2	9	11	24	11
7	16	Hull	14	7	7	1.4	1.5	5	4	5	19	21	19
8	17	Bristol City	13	6	7	1.4	1.6	3	5	5	18	21	14
9	20	Stoke	14	7	7	1.1	1.4	5	3	6	16	19	18
10	22	Huddersfield	12	5	7	1.0	1.6	2	3	7	12	19	9
11	24	Wigan	13	6	7	1.2	1.5	4	4	5	16	19	16
12	7	West Brom	14	8	6	1.3	1.1	5	4	5	18	16	19
13	19	Rotherham	14	8	6	0.6	1.6	2	5	7	8	22	11
14	23	Blackpool	14	8	6	1.0	1.5	3	5	6	14	21	14
15	1	Burnley	13	8	5	1.8	1.1	7	4	2	23	14	25
16	3	Watford	14	9	5	1.0	1.1	5	5	4	14	16	20
17	8	Millwall	13	8	5	0.9	1.5	3	3	7	12	19	12
18	9	Luton	13	8	5	1.2	1.0	7	2	4	15	13	23
19	12	QPR	14	9	5	1.0	1.1	5	4	5	14	16	19
20	13	Preston	13	8	5	1.2	0.9	7	3	3	16	12	24
21	15	Coventry	13	8	5	0.9	1.3	3	4	6	12	17	13
22	18	Birmingham	13	8	5	0.9	1.3	4	3	6	12	17	15
23	21	Cardiff	13	8	5	0.8	1.4	3	3	7	10	18	12
24	2	Sheffield United	14	10	4	1.3	0.8	8	3	3	18	11	27

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.